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Introduces the mathematical theory of voting - the systemic analysis of the ways to determine a choice of a group from the choices of individuals within a group - with applications to economics and politics. Examines voting procedures including the standard plurality vote, the antiplurality vote, the Borda count, Condorcets’s method, and run-off elections. Provides an understanding of how different procedures effect group decisions. Uses convex geometry in the plane and in three spaces. Also discusses political power.
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