MTH 456LEC—The Mathematics of Voting

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.