From Cauchy-Schwarz to the House of Representatives: applications of Lagrange's identity

DOI10.1080/0025570X.2021.1951575zbMATH Open1505.00007OpenAlexW3201389021MaRDI QIDQ5019901FDOQ5019901

Authors: Tommy Wright 

Publication date: 11 January 2022

Published in: Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0025570x.2021.1951575

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05) Measures of association (correlation, canonical correlation, etc.) (62H20) Resource and cost allocation (including fair division, apportionment, etc.) (91B32) Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15) Voting theory (91B12) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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