Math 217 - Voting Theory - Reading Assignments

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The primary reading for the semester will come from Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting by Donald Saari.

For Monday September 8

From Chaotic Elections:
  The Preface
  Chapter 1 (skip Sections 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 for now)
  Chapter 2, Sections 1 and 2

For Wednesday September 10

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 2, Sections 3 and 4

For Monday September 15

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 5, Section 3

For Wednesday September 17 and Monday September 22

From Chaotic Elections:
  Reread Chapter 5, Section 3

For Wednesday September 24

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 3

For Monday September 29

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 2, Section 5

For Wednesday October 1

From Voting Paradoxes and How to Deal with Them by Hannu Nurmi:
  Chapter 5

For Monday October 6

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 1, Section 2

For Wednesday October 15

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 5, Sections 1 and 2

For Monday October 20

From Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof by Alan Taylor:
  Chapter 3

For Wednesday October 22

From Mathematics and Politics:
  Chapter 4

For Monday October 27

From Mathematics and Politics:
  Chapter 9, Sections 1, 2, and 3

For Monday November 3

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 1, Section 1 and Chapter 6, Section 1

For Wednesday November 19

"Rental Harmony: Sperner's Lemma in Fair Division" by Francis Su

For Monday November 3

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 1, Section 1 and Chapter 6, Section 1

For Monday December 1

From Chaotic Elections:
  Chapter 4

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