• DOI:10.1080/00029890.2018.1517571
Corpus ID: 54570818

An Impossibility Theorem for Gerrymandering

@article{Alexeev2018AnIT,
  title={An Impossibility Theorem for Gerrymandering},
  author={B. Alexeev and Dustin G. Mixon},
  journal={The American Mathematical Monthly},
  year={2018},
  volume={125},
  pages={878 - 884}
}

• B. Alexeev, Dustin G. Mixon
• Published 2018
• Philosophy, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics
• The American Mathematical Monthly

Abstract In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court considered a proposed mathematical formula to help detect unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering. We show that in some cases, this formula only flags bizarrely-shaped districts as potentially constitutional.