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- ↑ Albers, Donald J. "Art Benjamin - Mathemagician." Math Horizons, November 1998, 14-18.
- ↑ Professor of
MagicMathematics by Don Albers and Persi Diaconis, Math Horizons Vo. 2, No 3 (February 1995), pp. 11-15 - ↑ Mathematics Awareness Month 2014: Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery Committee Members
- ↑ Diaconis, Persi. Quoted in: Albers, Donald J. "Professor of
MagicMathematics." Math Horizons, February 1995, 11-15.