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Juggling: theory and practice. (English) Zbl 1252.00013

Silva, Jorge Nuno (ed.), Proceedings of the recreational mathematics colloquium II, University of Évora, Portugal, April 27–30, 2011. Lisboa: Associação Ludus (ISBN 978-989-97346-2-3/pbk). 47-52 (2012).
Summary: Juggling has fascinated people for centuries. Seemingly oblivious to gravity, the skilled practitioner will keep several objects in the air at one time, and weave complex patterns that seem to defy analysis. As the first known depiction of jugglers dates back nearly 4000 years, it’s hard to imagine there’s anything new to learn.
But a lesson we’ve learned from Martin Gardner is that there’s always something new to discover. So let’s start with a quick review of classical juggling, and then see what new things we found, partly by accident, partly by hard work, and mostly because with mathematics we can see things that are otherwise hidden. We start by describing briefly the classic juggling patterns.
For the entire collection see [Zbl 1241.00018].

MSC:

00A08 Recreational mathematics
97A20 Recreational mathematics, games (education) (MSC2010)
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