Math Education
Drawing Lines in the Sand: How Mathematicians Are Challenging the Geometry of Political Power
Every ten years, state legislators redraw the maps that determine how Americans are represented in Congress — and for decades, partisan actors have exploited the complexity of geometry to tilt those maps in their favor. A growing movement of mathematicians is fighting back with algorithms, graph theory, and computational tools that courts have yet to fully embrace. Understanding why mathematical fairness in electoral redistricting remains so elusive may be one of the most consequential problems
