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Ismar Volić
Clapp Library 253 (temporary office during Science Center renovation)
781-283-3103
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 11:30-12:45
Houghton Chapel
Tuesdays 3-4, Thursdays 4-5, Fridays 9:30-10:30, and by appointment. Office hours will take place on Zoom. The link will be sent in an email.
The Google group for this class is MATH-123-T3-01-SP21. 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.
The required textbook for this class is
The Mathematics of Politics, by E.A. Robinson and D. Ullman
Some other (not required) 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