Mathematical Card Magic Fifty-Two New Effects

Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects presents an entertaining look at new mathematically based card tricks. Each chapter contains four card effects, generally starting with simple applications of a particular mathematical principle and ending with more complex ones. Practice a handful of the introductory effects and, in no time, you’ll establish your reputation as a "mathemagician." Delve a little deeper into each chapter and the mathematics gets more interesting. The author explains the mathematics as needed in an easy-to-follow way. He also provides additional details, background, and suggestions for further explorations. Suitable for recreational math buffs and amateur card lovers or as a text in a first-year seminar, this color book offers a diverse collection of new mathemagic principles and effects.

Colm: Cool and Collected by Max Maven Hit the Deck Running Tips of the Trade The Ratings Game Principles Convention Center Low-Down Triple Dealing Three Scoop Miracle—Done Magic Before? Any Card (and Any Magician) Triple Revelation Ace Combination For Richer or PoorerAlphabetical Triple AdditionSubtler Bracelet From Alpha to OmegaVolunteer Four Hours Poker PowersDitch the Dud Worst-Case Scenario Full House Blues Poker with Any Ten Cards More Additional Certainties Little Fibs Consolidating Your Cards Matching Interest Rates Any Two Cards (No Fibbing) Off-Centered COATs Celebrity Selection Never Forget a Face Oddly Enough My Lucky Number Is Seven Gilbreath VariationsEasy as PiLucky Number between One and Thirteen Unadditional Love Tapped Out Word RowThe Biggest Names in MagicTwisting the Knight AwayEasy as Tau (I Prefer Pi) Intrinsically Disordered Bligreath and BeyondMatchmaker InstinctsThe Guessing GameFlushed with Embarrassment Wholesome Threesomes Flipping MiraclesI’ll Be Lucking Out for YouCoprime TwinsRoyal Flush at the Eleventh HourAny Mathemagician Red, Black, Silver, and GoldDouble Location Top Twenty HitWhat’s Black and Red and Red All Over? Gold and Silver Slippery SlopesTen SoldiersSlippery Enough Erdos Numbers No Drama Queen Hamming It Down A Horse of a Different Color Multiple Personality Poker-Faced And Now for Something Completely Different The Hidden Value of Cards Fitch Cheney’s Five-Card Twist Eigen’s Value Ups and Downs Fitch Four Glory Coda Acknowledgements Bibliography Index

Colm Mulcahy is a professor of mathematics at Spelman College. Over the last decade, he has been at the forefront of publishing new "mathemagical" principles and effects for cards, particularly in his long-running bi-monthly Card Colm for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). He also blogs at the Aperiodical and the Huffington Post. Dr. Mulcahy has been a recipient of the MAA’s Allendoerfer Award for excellence in expository writing. His interests are broad, ranging from algebra and number theory to geometry. He earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mathematical science from University College Dublin and a PhD from Cornell University for research in the algebraic theory of quadratic forms.