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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 5601
Supplementary Print
High School

The Mathematical Theory of Elections (HiMAP)

Author: Joseph Malkevitch


This module illustrates how mathematics can design and analyze election and ranking methods. Preference schedules, fairness criteria, and weighted voting all demonstrate that how votes are counted can affect the outcome of an election. HiMAP Module 1.

HiMAP library now available on CD-ROM product no. 7593

Table of Contents:

SECTION 1: SOME ELECTIONS RESULTS

SECTION 2: TYPES OF BALLOTS

SECTION 3: ELECTION METHODS

SECTION 4: ARROW'S THEOREM

SECTION 5: PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

SECTION 6: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

REFERENCES

GLOSSARY



©1999 by COMAP, Inc.
HiMAP
68 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Algebra, Discrete & Finite Mathematics

Application Areas:

Social Studies, Political Science, Voting Theory

Prerequisites:

Algebra I & II, finite mathematics

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