Speaker:
Alan Taylor
Title:
Voting Problems -- From Paradox to Nobel Prize
Abstract:
When a group has to choose between two alternatives, there are few problems in deciding how it should be done. Choosing among three or more alternatives -- in a way that "reflects the will of the people" -- is a very different story. Beginning with an ancient paradox of Condorcet (still of relevance today), we will move past the world of difficulty to discuss (and sketch a proof of) the Nobel Prize winning result known as Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
Audience:
Prof. Taylor is speaking at the invitation of the Math Club. His talk will be accessible to undergraduates.
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