Voting in agreeable societies

DOI10.4169/000298910X474961MaRDI QIDQ3060140zbMATH OpenDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Deborah E. Berg, Francis Edward Su, Robin Thomas, Paul Wollan, Serguei Norine

Publication date 1 December 2010

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3245

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Models of societies, social and urban evolution (91D10) History, political science (91F10) Group preferences (91B10) Voting theory (91B12) Behavioral and social sciences (aspects of mathematics education) (97M70)

Abstract: When can a majority of voters find common ground, that is, a position they all agree upon? How does the shape of the political spectrum influence the outcome? When mathematical objects have a social interpretation, the associated theorems have social applications. In this article we give examples of situations where sets model preferences and develop extensions of classical theorems about convex sets, such as Helly's theorem, that can be used in the analysis of voting in "agreeable" societies.

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