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[[File:Juggling Shannon's theorem Cascade.png|150px|thumb|[[Juggling#Mathematics|Shannon's theorem]] for the cascade pattern]]

'''Juggling notation''' is the written depiction of concepts and practices in [[juggling]].<ref name=newsci>{{cite journal|issue=2479 |url=httphttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18424792.100 |title= New juggling tricks created by maths |date=December 25, 2004 |first=Erica |last=Klarreich |journal=[[New Scientist]] |accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|accessdate=August 29, 2009|journal=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://www2.bc.edu/~lewbel/jugweb/sciamjug.pdf |date=November 1995 |volume=273 |issue=5 |pages=92–97 |title=The Science of Juggling |first1=Peter J. |last1=Beek |first2=Arthur |last2=Lewbel|doi=10.1038/scientificamerican1195-92}}</ref> [[Toss juggling]] [[juggling pattern|patterns]] have a reputation for being "easier done than said" – while it might be easy to learn a given maneuver and demonstrate it for others, it is often much harder to communicate the idea accurately using speech or plain text. To circumvent this problem, various numeric or diagram-based notation systems have been developed to facilitate communication of patterns or tricks between jugglers, as well the investigation and discovery of new patterns.

A juggling notation system (based on [[percussion notation|music notation]]) was first proposed by Dave Storer in 1978 and while the first juggling diagram (a ladder diagram), by [[Claude Shannon]] around 1981, was not printed till 2010, the first printed diagram and second oldest notation system were proposed by Jeff Walker in 1982.<ref name="Lewbel">Lewbel, Arthur (1996). "[http://www.juggle.org/history/archives/jugmags/49-2/v49no2-page%2057.htm The Academic Juggler: The Invention Of Juggling Notations]", ''Juggle.org''.</ref>