The Mathematics of Elections

February 22, 2023, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Location:

Mathematics Graduate Student Lounge -- 7th Floor

Rutgers University

Hill Center

Mathematics Department

110 Frelinghuysen Road

Piscataway, NJ 08854

Rashmika Goswami, Rutgers University

Social Choice Theory is a very broad topic, but I will outline some key definitions and results, including the infamous impossibility theorems for multicandidate voting. I'll also discuss some real-world workarounds for these problems, different types of elections that have been studied, and possibly even ideas for moving beyond elections.