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Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting
Donald G. Saari
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Description for Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting
Paperback. Shows that the fundamental problems with the 2000 presidential election are not with the courts, recounts or defective ballots, but are caused by the way Americans vote for president. This book shows how mathematics can help to identify and characterize a large number of paradoxical situations that result from the choice of a voting procedure. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: JPHF; PBUD; PBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
What does the 2000 U.S. presidential election have in common with selecting a textbook for a calculus course in your department? Was Ralph Nader's influence on the election of George W. Bush greater than the now-famous chads? In ""Chaotic Elections!"", Don Saari analyzes these questions, placing them in the larger context of voting systems in general. His analysis shows that the fundamental problems with the 2000 presidential election are not with the courts, recounts, or defective ballots, but are caused by the very way Americans vote for president. This expository book shows how mathematics can help to identify and characterize ... Read more
What does the 2000 U.S. presidential election have in common with selecting a textbook for a calculus course in your department? Was Ralph Nader's influence on the election of George W. Bush greater than the now-famous chads? In ""Chaotic Elections!"", Don Saari analyzes these questions, placing them in the larger context of voting systems in general. His analysis shows that the fundamental problems with the 2000 presidential election are not with the courts, recounts, or defective ballots, but are caused by the very way Americans vote for president. This expository book shows how mathematics can help to identify and characterize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Providence, United States
ISBN
9780821828472
SKU
V9780821828472
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