Mathematical Magic

A sneak peak into the world of Magic and Maths

Meet the magicians and find out what mathematical magic they have in store...Peter McOwan is Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London and a lifelong amateur magician. Matt Parker is Mathematics Outreach Coordinator for the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, a fully trained stand up comedian and was previously a maths school teacher. Jason Davison is a semi-professional magician and a maths school teacher.

Using the magic of algebra Professor McOwan shows us how we can predict what cards a person may be holding. This may come in useful to poker fans!

How are these Jokers able to predict a punters choices? Jason Davison issues a challenge in this demonstration of a card classic.

How can we influence the roll of a die? Matt Parker demonstrates and explains how to win using Non-Transitive Dice.