Math 130 - Mathematics in Action

Chapter 1

• Borda Calculator
• Plurality with Elimination Calculator
• Pairwise Comparisons Calculator

• Borda Examples
• Plurality with Elimination Examples
• Pairwise Comparisons Examples

• Borda method
• Plurality with Elimination
• Pairwise Comparison

• 2000 U.S. Presidential Election
• 2004 U.S. Presidential Election
• Nobel Prize Site    1972 Economics Nobel Prize
• Heisman Trophy
• Rules for selecting the host city of Olympic Games
• 2008 Summer Olympics
• 2012 Olympic Games
• U.N. Security Council
• John F. Banzhaf History

• The 2007 Heisman Throphy Award winner was Florida quarterback Tim Tebow.
  Of the 925 electors Smith got:
  • 462 first-place votes,
  • 229 second-place votes, and
  • 113 third-place votes
  for a total of 1957 points.
• The balloting method for the Oscars is kept "secret" by the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers which is responsible for it. See the article by Andrew Barker.

• On page 20, Example 1.3.3, the list of non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council is outdated. The current list (with year of term's end) consists of:
  • Belgium (2008)
  • Burkina Faso (2009)
  • Costa Rica (2009)
  • Indonesia (2008)
  • Italy (2008)
  • Panama (2008)
  • Croatia (2009)
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2009)
  • Viet Nam (2009)
  • South Africa (2008)