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I wonder if there is a connection between the dynamics of repeated cut & shuffle operations on a deck of cards, and topological chaotic maps such as the horseshoe map? I ask this entirely naively. Pointers to where I could explore such a connection would be appreciated—Thanks!

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    I'm not sure if that is what you're looking for, but one such connection is provided by [symbolic dynamics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_dynamics). If I remember correctly, a nice introduction to this is in Shub's book *[Global stability of dynamical systems](http://books.google.ch/books?id=KFLvAAAAMAAJ)*.2011-12-02
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    Thanks, t.b.! I just requested Shub's book via Interlibrary Loan.2011-12-02

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