Graphs, Geometry and Gerrymandering
- Series
- Other Talks
- Time
- Saturday, October 23, 2021 - 16:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
- Location
- Clough auditorium and via Bluejeans
- Speaker
- Moon Duchin – Tufts University – Moon.Duchin@tufts.edu
Please Note: This is a public talk the School of Math is co-sponsoring with the Gathering 4 Gardner Foundation. I will be viewable both in the Clough Auditoria or by Bluejeans at https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/wbxzuakh .
What are all the ways to draw the lines, when you're dividing up a state to get representation? If you can't find them all, can you choose a good sample? I'll discuss some surprisingly simple questions about graphs and geometry that can help us make advances in policy and civil rights.