Mathematics in the 21st Century
Maths and Voting by Professor Chris Budd. We live in a democracy in which we all have a chance to vote. But does voting mean that the views of the majority are truly represented when it can be shown (mathematically) that all voting systems have flaws? In this talk we use mathematics to look at these flaws and answer associated questions (eg. voting trends and gerrymandering). For a bit of light relief we will see how the same principles work in the Eurovision Song Contest. (from gresham.ac.uk)
| Maths and Voting |
Go to the Series Home or watch other lectures:
| 1. The Maths of Future Computing |
| 2. Maths and Voting |
| 3. Can Maths Save the Whales and Cure Cancer? |
| 4. Great Mathematical Myths |
| 5. The Art of Maths |
| 6. Equations that Have Changed the World |