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Ismar Volić, "Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation" (Princeton UP, 2024)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Mathematics and Democracy

Exploring how mathematics can improve voting outcomes, apportionment in the House of Representatives, the problem of rounding error, gerrymandering, and the efforts of mathematicians to advocate for fair representation.

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