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

DOI10.1080/0025570X.2021.1951575MaRDI QIDQ5019901zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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