LEADER 04762nam 22006015 450 001 9910847577903321 005 20250808083325.0 010 $a3-031-52776-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-52776-0 035 $a(CKB)31403745800041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31267094 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31267094 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31253956 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31253956 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-52776-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931403745800041 100 $a20240405d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMathematics in Politics and Governance /$fby Francisco J. Aragón-Artacho, Miguel A. Goberna 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 08$a3-031-52775-5 327 $aForeword -- Mathematical tools for political decision-making -- Feasibility (or how to meet requirements) -- Scalar optimization (or how to make the best decision) -- Vector optimization (or how to make insurmountable decisions) -- Big data (or how to decide using massive information) -- The impact of political decisions on mathematics -- References -- Nomenclature -- List of boxes.-Index. 330 $aThis book presents the mathematical tools that politicians use to make rational decisions about health, education, culture, economy, finance, transportation, and national defense for their citizens. The selection of topics addressed is based on the experiences of four veteran politicians who have doctorates or master?s degrees in mathematics. The exposition also considers the mathematical tools used by politicians to capture votes or optimize their impact on the design of electoral districts, i.e., gerrymandering, without forgetting the mathematics applied to parliamentary activity and political science. Aimed at a general educated readership, a basic knowledge of mathematics is the only requisite to understanding most of the book. Certain sections, denoted in the book with a star, contain more advanced material and require some knowledge of undergraduate math. A later chapter is dedicated to applications and techniques of machine learning and the final chapter discusses a variety of cases where political decisions have affected mathematical development. Readers gravitating towards this book are those who are curious about the history of mathematics, including optimizers and mathematicians who would like to learn more about the historical roots of their discipline. There will also be strong appeal to mathematically-oriented economists, political scientists, and people generally interested in mathematics. Mathematics is ? or it should be! ? an important part of our culture. The impact of mathematics is sometimes silent, but a powerful one. The authors of this book did an incredible work in digging out areas of mathematical reasoning that pervades social and political life. Reading this book, we will all enrich our vision of mathematics? value for society. (Nuno Crato, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Lisbon, former minister of Education and Science of Portugal 2011?2015) This monograph shows in an impressive way that mathematics can be very helpful in making and evaluating political decisions and that it is indispensable in the progressive penetration of all areas of society with scientific methods. This also includes politics. Not everything in politics can be justified or related to mathematics, but politics should not be made in contradiction to mathematical truths. For me, this is a central message of this publication. (Johanna Wanka, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, former Minister of Education and Research, Germany 2013?2018). 606 $aMathematical optimization 606 $aCultural policy 606 $aMathematics 606 $aSocial sciences 606 $aOptimization 606 $aCultural Policy and Politics 606 $aMathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences 615 0$aMathematical optimization. 615 0$aCultural policy. 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aSocial sciences. 615 14$aOptimization. 615 24$aCultural Policy and Politics. 615 24$aMathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 676 $a350.00725 700 $aArago?n-Artacho$b Francisco J.$01736241 702 $aGoberna$b Miguel A. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910847577903321 996 $aMathematics in Politics and Governance$94242134 997 $aUNINA