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Message 27811........................back to index From: Darcy Lawyer To: Faculty Staff and Students Subject: The Census-Math and CS Colloquium Category: Academic Events Location: Jepson Hall 109 EventDate: Monday 04NOV2013 04:00 PM Cost: Free URL: math.richmond.edu/resources/colloquium/index.html A Mathematical Adventure through the Census, Reapportionment, and Re-districting: We vote, but how are our votes tallied to give the winner? In 1787, the Constitutional Convention established our rather unusual electoral college which necessitates an assignment of representatives to the states; how is this allocation done? After giving an introduction to congressional reapportionment and redistricting, she will explain how mathematics is currently used by the states to prevent and detect gerrymandering. Well finish with a quick overview of some other ways in which mathematics and democracy interact. Karen Saxe is on sabbatical this year, serving as the AAAS/AMS Congressional Science and Technology Policy Fellow. In her normal life, she is a Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College, where she teaches calculus, analysis courses, introductory statistics, and math & politics courses.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:22:29 +0000

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