Mathematics chair jonathan mattingly s math exposes political gerrymandering in n c.
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Duke mathematics professor jonathan mattingly and colleagues wanted to find out if north carolina s congressional map was gerrymandered.
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My analysis shows that the remedial map was much less sensitive to swings in the partisan vote fractions than the vast majority of the maps in the ensemble the plots below where the remedial plan is labeled hb 1029 show that under a uniform swing analysis the nonpartisan maps in the ensemble often produce 6 and sometimes 7 democratic seats in election environments when the democrats perform.
Jonathan christopher mattingly grew up in charlotte nc where he attended irwin ave elementary and charlotte country day.
A mathematician goes to court.
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Professor in the department of mathematics.
He graduated from the nc school of science and mathematics and received a bs is applied mathematics with a concentration in physics from yale university.
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And now the evidence is going before the supreme court.
District maps thursday january 11 2018 duke mathematics professor jonathan mattingly s algorithm demonstrating political gerrymandering i.
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This a story of both mathematics informing the law and legal questions suggesting new mathematical problems.
Mathematics department chair jonathan mattingly has been awarded the james b.
So they did the math.
