Math 217 - Voting Theory - Fall 2003

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Last modified: Wednesday, October 29, 2003, 11:17 AM


Monday
Wednesday
9/3Welcome to Math 217
& Course overview
9/8Three Candidate Elections
& The Representation Triangle 		9/10The Procedure Line
& Approval voting region
9/15A Fundamental Decomposition of R6 9/17More on the Decomposition
Group HW Due 9/19
9/22Creating paradoxes
Title for Book Review Due		 9/24Four Candidate Elections
Indiv HW Due 9/26
9/29Should Lincoln have won the 1860 Presidential election? 10/1The No-Show Paradox
Exam 1 In-Class
Group HW Due
10/6Arrow's Impossibility Theorem 10/8Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives
Exam 1 Due
10/13Fall Break 10/15Understanding Arrow's Theorem
Progress Report on Book Due
10/20 Yes/No Voting Systems 10/22Measuring Influence: The Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaff Power Indices
Indiv HW Due 10/24
10/27Other Power Indices 10/29The Power of the President
Book Review Due
11/3Generalizing Power Indices 11/5Proportional Representation
Exam 2 In-Class
Group HW Due
11/10Proportional Representation 11/12Apportionment
Exam 2 Due
11/17Fair Division
Topic for Group Presentation Due		 11/19Fair Division
11/24More Fair Division
Abstract for Presentation Due		 11/26Thanksgiving Break
12/1The Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem 12/3The Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem
Indiv HW Due 12/5
12/8Group Presentations 12/10Group Presentations

Final Exam due Saturday, December 20, 11:00 am

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