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Gerrymandering and Convexity
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Hodge, Jonathan K.; Marshall, Emily; Patterson, Geoff – College Mathematics Journal, 2010
Convexity-based measures of shape compactness provide an effective way to identify irregularities in congressional district boundaries. A low convexity coefficient may suggest that a district has been gerrymandered, or it may simply reflect irregularities in the corresponding state boundary. Furthermore, the distribution of population within a…
Descriptors: Population Distribution, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Data Analysis