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Persi Diaconis

Persi Warren Diaconis is an American mathematician of Greek descent and former professional magician. --Wikipedia

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American mathematician

Born 31 January 1945

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  • Cover of: Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

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American mathematician

Born 31 January 1945
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Probabilities, History, Mathematics, Approximation theory, Authors, american, Authors, biography, Biography, Birth and death processes (Stochastic processes), Bootstrap (Statistics), Card tricks, Chance, Fourier analysis, Group theory, Journalists, Journalists, biography, Journalists, united states, Limit theorems (Probability theory), MATHEMATICS / General, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Magicians, Markov processes, Mathematical models, Mathematical recreations, Mathematical statistics, Mathematicians, biography
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Charles Stein (1929-), Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

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  • Persi W. Diaconis
  • Persi Warren Diaconis

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January 25, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
January 25, 2023 Edited by Stew Add bio, dates, pic, id #s.
January 25, 2023 Edited by Stew Added new photo
August 22, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import