Math 19 - Not the current semester!
Math of Social Choice: Section 01
Spring 2015
Basic Course Info
- Instructor: Bray sarah[dot]bray[at]tufts[dot]edu
- Syllabus
- Office Hours with Instructor Bray: Mon 7:30-9:00pm, Wed 10:30-12, in Robinson 154
- Midterm: Tuesday March 3rd, 10:30 - 11:45 am (in class).
Final: Monday May 4, 7:00pm in Braker 1.
Announcements
Practice for the Final Exam
In addition to the homework problems and quizzes, there are resources from past instructors with solutions. The best way to prepare for the final is to do as many practice problems as you can. You should also know all the definitions and theorems we have used. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Review Session and Office hours, week of 4/27
There will be a review session on Thursday, April 30th from 10:30am to 12:00pm in Anderson 210, our regular classroom. Office hours are:
- Monday 4/27, 7:30pm-9:00pm
- Wednesday 4/29, 10:30am-12:00pm
- Sunday 5/3, 8:00pm-9:00pm
Final Exam Information
The final will be on Monday May 4 at 7:00pm in Braker 1.
Resources
Tons of practice for the final exam
Homework/Quizzes/Handouts
| Lecture Number | Homework Exercises | HW solutions | Quizzes | Resources |
| 11 | Ch 13 day 1 | Solutions | ||
| 12 | Ch 13 day 2 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 8 | Sol 8 |
| 13 | Ch 14 Day 1 | Sols | Quiz 9 | Sol 9 |
| 14 | Ch 14 Day 2 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 10 | Sol 10 |
| 15 | Ch 13/14 Last Day | Sols and more sols | Quiz 11 | Sol 11 |
| 16 | Ch 16 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 12 | Sol 12 |
| 17 | Ch 16 day 2 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 13 | Sol 13 |
| 18 | Ch 17 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 14 | Sol 14 |
| 19 | Ch 20 | Sols | Quiz 15 | Sol 15 |
| 20 | Ch 21 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 16 | Sol 16 |
| 21 | Ch 22 | Sols and more sols | Quiz 17 | Sol 17 |
| 22 | Apportionment | Sols | Quiz 18 | Sol 18 |
| 23 | Slides | Quiz 19 | Sol 19 |
Extra Practice
Prep for the final exam: materials from past instructors.
- Ch 16 (Sols)
- Ch 17 (Sols)
- Ch 20 (Sols)
- Ch 21 (Sols)
- Ch 22 (Sols)
- Division (Sols)
- Compensation (Sols)
Create your own division examples and check your answers
- See the applet page for more.
Materials for working with the compensation applet
- A worksheet on compensation which guides you through all the features of the compensation applet below. This should be a comprehensive guide to making sense of the fairness triangle. Please ask if anything is unclear or if you are having trouble operating the applet!
- If you are comfortable with the fairness triangle: A second worksheet which has more proof based questions and ideas. (partial solutions)
- The Instructor Garant's worksheet for working with the compensation applet.
Fun Stuff
- Check out this neat article by John Allen Paulos on voting methods in the Republican Primary
- Excursions in modern math! - see chapter 1 applets on voting methods.
- Math and Pizza