MATH 175 Mathematics in Politics

This course, intended for liberal arts students, explores the mathematics involved in political concepts and applications. Topics include social choice, voting procedures and their inherent paradoxes, contributions of Arrow and Codorcet; yes/no voting and the Banzhaf and Shapley-Shubik power indices; apportionment of the House of Representatives relating the procedures of Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Webster and Hill-Huntington and their inherent paradoxes; fair division, including cake-cutting and inheritance division procedures.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Not open to students who took MATH 168 in Spring 2012 or prior