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@lanegutz9768
@lanegutz9768 Час назад
What deck is that?
@dowaliby1
@dowaliby1 12 часов назад
This is excellent, and I will learn and perform it. The only thing is I do not want to end by telling the spectator that he/she is unlucky. One possible way around this would be to ask them to hand me either pile of cards. If they pick the "7" pile, I would say, ""OK, Let's see what your choice reveals about you" and then show that they are "in for a run off good luck." If they hand me the "13" pile, I would say, "Great, and now pick up the other pile for yourself." I would then show that it looks like luck isn't in the cards for me and that I'd better cancel my trip to Vegas and avoid black cats and walking under ladders. But they, on the other hand are in for a run of good luck.
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician День назад
😊👍👍😊
@TheSleightDoctor
@TheSleightDoctor 2 дня назад
If you haven't found it already, you may be interested in Norman Gilbreath's own 300-page book on this principle, Beyond Imagination. It's still in stock at Vanishing Inc. for $55.
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic День назад
Thanks so much, but I actually did purchase my own copy. It is extremely ingenious, though certainly not a "light read." 😳👍
@ParkinT
@ParkinT 3 дня назад
This is great!! But, as I have always said, “It’s bad luck to be superstitious!”
@thonggialam6310
@thonggialam6310 3 дня назад
I don’t know that you also subscribe to this channel Thom
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 3 дня назад
hello. i continued to play with it, and saw that in minimum steps of shuffle the outcome is differents. is there a minimum steps that have to be done ?
@eypacha
@eypacha 4 дня назад
Hi Kent! I really enjoy your research. Since discovering your work, I’ve been experimenting with Bessey sequences, and the fractal nature of these sequences was immediately apparent to me. Naturally, I looked for their decimal equivalents (1, 2, 9, 150, 38505, ....) in the OEIS and found that they correspond to sequence A133468, though nothing particularly interesting came up there. I’d like to ask if you’ve looked into the properties of this operation when starting from arbitrary binary numbers? For example, I’ve tried beginning with numbers like 11, 1100, and 11000011 and explored connections through the Triangle of coefficients of polynomials, but so far, I haven’t found much of value. I also examined combinations of 3-digit sequences, as they could be intriguing given that by degree 5, we’d be reaching 48 cards. However, this would likely require combinations like a faro shuffle of order 3 or even more unconventional shuffles. Additionally, I found an interesting sequence that works with 52 cards, though unfortunately, it only withstands faro shuffles and not much else. I’d be very curious to hear if you’ve discovered anything along these lines!
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 4 дня назад
even before you answer my last question ( use many styles of shuffles ). i tried it and its work fine. great trick !!! thank you for sharing.
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 4 дня назад
This is fantastic 👏👍👏😊
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 4 дня назад
one thing i didn't understand ( for now ) the swiching in the beginning, can it done with any two cards, and as many times as the spectator wants and it will not change the outcome ( 2 black, 2 red , and 4 red/black) ?
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 4 дня назад
The rule is that for each pair of cards of opposite color that are switched at the beginning, there will be 1 Red pair and 1 Black pair at the end. Since in the performance (and the tutorial) 2 pairs of cards of opposite colors are switched, then there will be 2 Red pairs and 2 Black pairs at the end. But you bring up a good point: It's best not to offer the spectator to do the switching too many times, otherwise, the performer will likely lose track of whether some of the same cards are being switched with other cards multiple times. I think allowing (up to) 3 switches should be enough for both the spectator and the performer.
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 4 дня назад
@@AbsoluteMathMagic thank you. i have to try it for understanding.
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 4 дня назад
@@AbsoluteMathMagic indeed works fine. another question: you mentioned that a lot of shuffles can be done, maybe odd down\even up, deal for four piles and collect from one side or collect by frog collecting or some other shuffles, is it ok to do all these ? but i assume that the last step must be deal for 8 piles. true ?
@ChristopheBinda
@ChristopheBinda 4 дня назад
Top 👍
@PauloPereira-yn6ck
@PauloPereira-yn6ck 4 дня назад
Amazing, how you keep on coming up with new routines off the same principle. 👍 Thx for sharing.
@SarahParker-o5k
@SarahParker-o5k 4 дня назад
I totally agree, but I don’t think I’ve ever known that Bessey Sequences and Quasi-Bessey Sequences are intrinsically related to a famous fractal construction. That is really fascinating, so I don’t mind learning new routines based on the “same principle.” In fact, it reminds me of the versatility of the Gilbreath Principle and the Hummer Principle, which continue to be the inspiration and engine driving many new and extremely surprising applications over these many decades now. Thank you for freely sharing your talent and passion for mathematical card magic! 👍👍
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 4 дня назад
Your creativity is astonishing, guy! Sincerely appreciate you sharing your mathematical insights and ingenuity with the rest of us. 😎
@ParkinT
@ParkinT 4 дня назад
This is GREAT!! I love card magic and enjoy Fractals. I was first introduced to Fractals when I read “Chaos” by James Gleick when it was first published !
@dongranito7089
@dongranito7089 5 дней назад
Sincere apologies have retried and procedure does work using ace to six and random stacking Really enjoying the various mixing routines from absolute math magic keep up the good work
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 5 дней назад
I can't believe this video ONLY has 160 views! Come to think of it, I should be glad since few people will be utilizing this guy's amazing math principles! So keeping it secret is great for those of us who have stumbled onto his channel! 🤫
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 5 дней назад
Another amazing mathematical card effect! Thank you, thank you!
@aliali-xf7qe
@aliali-xf7qe 5 дней назад
Great performance 👏👍👏👍👏
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 5 дней назад
A wonderful effect 👍😊👍😊
@MaryRoberts-d7c
@MaryRoberts-d7c 5 дней назад
Wow! Very cool self-working card effect!
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 5 дней назад
How does this guy come up with so many amazing original effects so quickly! 😳🥳
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 4 дня назад
It’s “Magic”! 😉
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 6 дней назад
an old trick, great new idea and performance. thank you.
@brettmeyer8699
@brettmeyer8699 6 дней назад
I'm afraid you must have forgotten something about the ending if the spectator chooses inside-out, or outside-in. Left-to-right, and right-to-left work perfectly, but the other 2 ways end up positioning the colors in alternating blocks of 3 cards each. Am I missing something?
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 6 дней назад
Yes, you are correct. If the spectator chooses either the "Inside-Out" or the "Outside-In," the packet will end with 6 Red cards facing one way, and 6 Black cards facing the other way. But, in these two cases, each set of 6 cards (of the same color) will split into two blocks of 3 cards each. This does not really pose a problem unless you promise the spectator that the 6 cards will be consecutive, which I never did---and there's no reason to. In fact, for some spectators, the block of 6 consecutive cards is a little too convenient and suspicious-looking than the cards being split across two blocks of consecutive cards. Great Observation! 👍
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 6 дней назад
If, for whatever reason, you don't want the cards of the same color split into two blocks of 3 cards each, then just limit the spectator's "folding choices" to Left to Right or Right to Left. This works great since the "Inside-Out" and "Outside-In" are rather unusual choices to offer the spectator in the first place. 👍
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 6 дней назад
This is a wonderful effect. I do the one from Harry Lorayne Out of this Universe. But this is great don't need to use the whole deck 👍😊👍😊👏👏
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 6 дней назад
Harry's effect is great--of course! 👍
@aliali-xf7qe
@aliali-xf7qe 6 дней назад
Great trick..many thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
@aliali-xf7qe
@aliali-xf7qe 6 дней назад
Great trick and performance 👍👍👍🙏
@MatheMagician-Magic2728
@MatheMagician-Magic2728 7 дней назад
But how to search for the permutation as the algorithm?
@MatheMagician-Magic2728
@MatheMagician-Magic2728 8 дней назад
But how can you search for the permutation solution?
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 8 дней назад
Thats a clever Oil & Water effect without any sleights.🤜🤛👍🙌😊
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 8 дней назад
Yes, it's nice to be able to get that kind of effect without any sleight of hand. 👍
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 9 дней назад
this principle can be use to make a trick little more "magical". use 13 hearts cards and 13 clubs cards ( or 10 by 10 ). the cards are roughly mix by spectator. you ask spectator to name any card ( clubs or hearts). you do the mantra red up/red down, but put the slected card the opposite side. continue with the proccess as describe, and in the end all the red face on one side and all the black on the other side except the chosen card.
@MatheMagician-Magic2728
@MatheMagician-Magic2728 11 дней назад
T = 2, 8 cycles, in each cycle, odd + even, then Australian deal just like reverse does.
@xXArmyMenXx
@xXArmyMenXx 11 дней назад
What happens if there is an odd number of cards? How would the pairing system work?
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 11 дней назад
I explain that during the tutorial portion of the video 👍😊
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 11 дней назад
i just saw it. very good trick.
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 11 дней назад
Wonderful performance 👍
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 11 дней назад
Thanks for your support!
@magic_opi
@magic_opi 12 дней назад
interesting possibilities arise from this
@MatheMagician-Magic2728
@MatheMagician-Magic2728 13 дней назад
Could you please tell me, before dealing 5 piles, is the deck cut for any number not 5 times? or you just cut to it not break the kmp-5 sturcture?
@rahulwillbe
@rahulwillbe 13 дней назад
Thanks a ton for your time and effort.😊
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 13 дней назад
😊🤜🤛😊🪄
@CarlAllison-hv6oy
@CarlAllison-hv6oy 15 дней назад
Nice Kent.Thank you,I remembered your name yippee lol hope you are well 😊👏👌👍
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 15 дней назад
He was a brilliant person, and we appreciate the principles behind it. 👍👍👍👍
@magic_opi
@magic_opi 16 дней назад
Awesome thought. Please provide us with digital copies of all your scripts that are shown in your videos.
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 18 дней назад
interesting. if i understand it right, the goal is to bring the last outcome that i want to the M stack, and once it's in the M stack i can do all the shuffling and finish with clone. am i right ?
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 18 дней назад
Yes, that works. But it's also fine to finish with either of the other two structures (a 2-Cycle or an AMP). Although when Mirrored, you're right, there's more mixing that can be done when the packet has that structure. Great comment!
@TheAvimag
@TheAvimag 17 дней назад
On the M stack the last step is clone. What are the last steps in 2C and AMP ?​@@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 15 дней назад
@@TheAvimag If you have the cards in a 2-Cycle arrangement (i.e., 1 2 | 1 2). Just deal the cards left/right into two piles. If you have the cards in an AMP arrangement (i.e., 1 1 | 2 2), then you can just push off the top two cards as one pair, leaving the remaining two cards as the second pair. 👍
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
Lol, yeah, his "self working" card tricks are obvious sarcasm. Like, seriously. What are you even talking about?
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 18 дней назад
Oh, perfect! I can cut-and-paste my previous comment: "Many people who are sent to Jason's videos that are labelled as "Self-Working Card Tricks" don't know they're being hurdled into the middle of a fight between Jason and his "haters." They're just there to learn a cool card trick to show their children or impress their classmates. Given the title of his video "Card Magic: Self-Working Math Magic Trick EXPOSED," they have no expectations of being misled about the video's content or purpose. So, indeed, Jason's "self-working" comments are not at all obvious sarcasm to these innocent, unsuspecting victims of RU-vid's algorithm."
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
@@John-s3e8k ok, so what? What happens? You act like this is some awful thing when it's a funny joke. Seriously, lighten up...
@MaryRoberts-d7c
@MaryRoberts-d7c 18 дней назад
@@xtraspecialj A funny joke for only those in the know . . . for others not so much.
@MaryRoberts-d7c
@MaryRoberts-d7c 18 дней назад
What is more, viewers genuinely searching for "Self-Working or Mathematical Card Tricks" are being sent to the channel of a Con Artist. Not so funny . . . anymore.
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
@@MaryRoberts-d7c lol, that is hilarious, what are you talking about?? It's a RU-vid video about self working card tricks... Not to mention, within a minute or two of watching it, it's painfully obvious that it's sarcasm. But seriously, so what? It doesn't hurt anyone. This isn't a serious issue. Please, get some perspective.
@RobertBallMagician
@RobertBallMagician 18 дней назад
😮👍🤜🤛👍😊
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 18 дней назад
Very cool! Never thought you could do much with just 5 cards---looking forward to watching your series on Improv Math Card Magic!
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 19 дней назад
I've followed Jason for years and it does seem that he has taken a slight turn into a more sarcastic---even sardonic---performance style. And, unfortunately, he appears to hold in contempt many of the viewers who support his RU-vid channel. I'm not sure how far he's going to go down this particular road. To say that "everyone knows he's acting" is just not true---just read the comments. To say that only "stupid people won't know that" bolsters my point.
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
He doesn't hold his fans in contempt... He holds the haters who comment dumb shit like "edited", "fake", and "luck" in a bit of contempt, but it's all mostly tongue and cheek for the most part. It's just a shtick. This video is so ridiculous and comments like yours are almost equally so. It's just humor and his "self working" comments are obvious sarcasm...
@John-s3e8k
@John-s3e8k 18 дней назад
@@xtraspecialj No, this video is not ridiculous, nor are the concerns raised in the comments. Many people who are sent to Jason's videos that are labelled as "Self-Working Card Tricks" don't know they're being hurdled into the middle of a fight between Jason and his "haters." They're just there to learn a cool card trick to show their children or impress their classmates. Given the title of his video "Card Magic: Self-Working Math Magic Trick EXPOSED," they have no expectations of being misled about the video's content or purpose. So, indeed, Jason's "self-working" comments are not at all obvious sarcasm to these innocent, unsuspecting victims of RU-vid's algorithm.
@MaryRoberts-d7c
@MaryRoberts-d7c 18 дней назад
@@John-s3e8k I agree 100%. Unfortunately, I don't think Jason realizes how many of his viewers, who are not "in the know," perceive him.
@SarahParker-o5k
@SarahParker-o5k 19 дней назад
Although I do love watching Jason's performances on RU-vid and TikTok, I would have to agree that he’s taken the “Self-Working or Mathematical Card Trick EVERYONE Can Perform” a bit too far. The example you feature in this video of Jason doing this, is pretty egregious, but I think an earlier video of his is sadly even worse: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zuBHPQQt4c4.html I honestly don’t think he needs to go to this level of deception in order to draw people to his channel to watch his spectacular card handling skills.
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
You guys have got to be kidding, right?? It's a joke... It's blatant and obvious sarcasm... It's his whole shtick that he's constantly proving his doubters wrong and the "self working" card trick videos are part of the little "fight" he's having with the haters. It's his way of making fun of them. This video and comments like yours make it even better because you don't get it and actually think there's something wrong with it. Hilarious.
@SarahParker-o5k
@SarahParker-o5k 18 дней назад
@@xtraspecialj You’re welcome. I’m glad to brighten your day. Can you not see in the comments that a significant number of people are well-intended in clicking on his video to learn a mathematical card trick that anyone can perform. It’s the boldface lying and bait-and-switch that I (and others) find distasteful. If Jason has an issue with his “haters,” then he shouldn't compound the problem by lying to and then insulting innocent bystanders sent to his “self-working card tricks” by RU-vid’s omniscient algorithm.
@xtraspecialj
@xtraspecialj 18 дней назад
@@SarahParker-o5k bold face lie?!? It's a joke... An extremely obvious one. Get over yourself, seriously. There are ACTUAL things to be upset about in this world. This is NOT one of them... Get a sense of humor or go watch somebody else. His videos are not for you apparently.
@tatobroth
@tatobroth 19 дней назад
He's only done this once as far as I know. (the "math" type comment.) But fair to go either way with what his intentions are.
@AbsoluteMathMagic
@AbsoluteMathMagic 19 дней назад
To be sure that I understand your comment, what do you think "his intentions are" in his video presentation?
@tomgyver7648
@tomgyver7648 19 дней назад
And show with an invisible Deck, you have known this! Thats how I use this :-) Greetings from Vienna!
@victorrossomano5025
@victorrossomano5025 19 дней назад
The best way to demonstrate that they are "mathematical" tricks is to reveal them and that the spectator can also perform them... The fact that they are not revealed implies the denial that "they are mathematical"