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The cutoff phenomenon for randomized riffle shuffles

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the cutoff phenomenon for generalized riffle shuffles where, at each step, the deck of cards is cut into a random number of packs of multinomial sizes which are then riffled together.

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@article{arxiv.math/0701827,
  title  = {The cutoff phenomenon for randomized riffle shuffles},
  author = {Guan-Yu Chen and Laurent Saloff-Coste},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0701827},
  year   = {2007}
}

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26 pages, to be published in Random Structures and Algorithms