Instructor:  Ismar Volić

Office:  Science Center W414 

Phone:  781-283-3103

Email:  ivolic@wellesley.edu

Meeting days and times:  Mondays and Thursdays, 9:55am-11:10am

Meeting place:  Science Center L045

Office hours:  Mondays 2:30-3:30, Thursdays 8:45-9:45 and 2-4.

Google group:  The Google group for this class is math-123-01-peac-123-01-fa25@wellesley.edu. You should check that you have been added to this group. Otherwise please add yourself. The group will contain important information. You can also ask questions, have conversations, or arrange study groups through the group. I will be checking the messages posted to it regularly.

Textbook:  The required textbook for this class is

 The Mathematics of Politics, by E.A. Robinson and D. Ullman.

Other books (not required): Here is a book I wrote on the subject:

• Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation

Some other good textbooks on the subjects we'll be covering are:

• • Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof, by A. Taylor and A. Pacelli

  • The Mathematics of Voting and Elections: A Hands-on Approach, by J. Hodge and R. Klima

  • The Mathematics of Elections and Voting, by W.D. Wallis

  • Game Theory and Politics, by S. Brams

  • Games of Strategy, by A. Dixit, S. Skeath, and D. Reiley Jr.

Here is a popular account of various problems with voting:

• • Gaming the Vote, by W. Poundstone

Here is an engaging account of the history of mathematics in politics:

• Numbers Rule, by G. Szpiro