Mathematical blackjack and the Steiner system S(5,6,12)

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Written with Ann (Luers) Casey: Click here for the SAGE implementation of Curtis' kitten (for the shuffle labeling) and to play mathematical blackjack against the computer. Lots of examples are given and you don't need SAGE to understand the paper.
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Click here for the dvi file (here for the ps file, here for the pdf file), discussing Curtis' kitten (for the shuffle labeling) and to play mathematical blackjack.

Created 3-4-97. Last modified 5-21-2006. A link to this page may be found on