A strong uniform time for random transpositions (Q753282)

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A strong uniform time for random transpositions
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    A strong uniform time for random transpositions (English)
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    1988
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    The author considers a deck of cards. At each step two cards are chosen by the left and right hands and transposed. After a large number k of steps the distribution \(\mu^ k\) of the resulting permutation is close to the uniform distribution \({\mathcal U}\). The author gives sharp upper and lower bounds for the distance between \(\mu^ k\) and \({\mathcal U}\), using the method of strong uniform time introduced by Aldous and Diaconis.
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    deck of cards
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    uniform distribution
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    method of strong uniform time
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