Contact information
Name:
c. jayne trent
Phone:
610-330-5267
Email:
trentj@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Friday, March 3, 2017 - 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Where:
Pardee 217
Presenter:
Francis Edward Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics, President, MAA
Price:
All are welcome and pizza will be served in Pardee 218 before the talk.
Abstract: When mathematical objects have a social interpretation, the associated results have social applications. We will show how some classical mathematics can be used to understand voting in “agreeable” societies. This talk also features research with undergraduates.
Sponsored by:
Department of Mathematics