3 papers
cs.CY2020
A Computational Approach to Measuring Vote Elasticity and Competitiveness
Daryl DeFord, Moon Duchin, Justin Solomon
The recent wave of attention to partisan gerrymandering has come with a push to refine or replace the laws that govern political redistricting around the country. A common element…
math.GT2020
Stars at infinity in Teichmüller space
Moon Duchin, Nathan Fisher
We investigate a metric structure on the Thurston boundary of Teichmüller space. To do this, we develop tools in sup metrics and apply Minsky's theorem.
cs.CY2019
Recombination: A family of Markov chains for redistricting
Daryl DeFord, Moon Duchin, Justin Solomon
Redistricting is the problem of partitioning a set of geographical units into a fixed number of districts, subject to a list of often-vague rules and priorities. In recent years, t…