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! 👍👍
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 ?
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) ?
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.
@@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 ?
