01235nam 2200361 n 450 99639363580331620200824121814.0(CKB)4940000000114446(EEBO)2240916380(UnM)ocm99894365e(UnM)99894365(EXLCZ)99494000000011444620790405d1765 uh engurbn||||a|bb|Die mercurii, 22⁰ Maii, 1765[electronic resource]London printed by Mark Baskett, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty; and by the assigns of Robert Baskett17651 sheet ([1] p.)Resolutions concerning the weavers' demonstrations on 15, 16, 17 May 1765, following the rejection of their Bill for Relief.Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0018WeaversEnglandEarly works to 1800Great BritainHistoryCausesEarly works to 1800WeaversUk-ESUk-ESCu-RivESCStRLINCu-RivESBOOK996393635803316Die mercurii, 22⁰ Maii, 17652377035UNISA03173oam 2200601I 450 991097170110332120230124194307.01-04-015770-X0-429-06675-91-4398-9117-610.1201/b12121 (CKB)3790000000016438(EBL)1635974(OCoLC)908670251(SSID)ssj0001482362(PQKBManifestationID)12621433(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482362(PQKBWorkID)11412297(PQKB)10611853(Au-PeEL)EBL1635974(CaPaEBR)ebr11167446(OCoLC)1030993922(OCoLC)1256146733(FINmELB)ELB147470(MiAaPQ)EBC1635974(EXLCZ)99379000000001643820180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA mathematical look at politics /by E. Arthur Robinson, Jr. and Daniel H. UllmanFirst edition.Boca Raton, FL :CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,2010.1 online resource (472 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4398-1983-1 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Contents; Preface for the Reader; Preface for the Instructor; Part I: Voting; Introduction to Part I; 1: Two Candidates; 2: Social Choice Functions; 3: Criteria for Social Choice; 4: Which Methods Are Good?; 5: Arrow's Theorem; 6: Variations on the Theme; Notes on Part I; Part II: Apportionment; Introduction to Part II; 7: Hamilton's Method; 8: Divisor Methods; 9: Criteria and Impossibility; 10: The Method of Balinski and Young; 11: Deciding among Divisor Methods; 12: History of Apportionment in the United States; Notes on Part II; Part III: Conflict; Introduction to Part III13: Strategies and Outcomes14: Chance and Expectation; 15: Solving Zero-Sum Games; 16: Conflict and Cooperation; 17: Nash Equilibria; 18: The Prisoner's Dilemma; Notes on Part III; Part IV: The Electoral College; Introduction to Part IV; 19: Weighted Voting; 20: Whose Advantage?; Notes on Part IV; Solutions to Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems; Bibliography; Back CoverWhat Ralph Nader's spoiler role in the 2000 presidential election tells us about the American political system. Why Montana went to court to switch the 1990 apportionment to Dean’s method. How the US tried to use game theory to win the Cold War, and why it didn’t work. When students realize that mathematical thinking can address these sorts of pressing concerns of the political world it naturally sparks their interest in the underlying mathematics.Political scienceMathematicsPolitical scienceMathematics.320.01/513Robinson Jr., E. Arthur1829236Ullman Daniel H.FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910971701103321A mathematical look at politics4398419UNINA