2 papers
math.GM2025
Sequential Apportionment from Stationary Divisor Methods
Michael A. Jones, Brittany Ohlinger, Jennifer Wilson
Divisor methods are well known to satisfy house monotonicity, which allows representative seats to be allocated sequentially. We focus on stationary divisor methods defined by a ro…
math.GM2023
Proportional Consistency of Apportionment Methods
Michael A. Jones, David McCune, Jennifer M. Wilson
We analyze a little-known property of apportionment methods that captures how allocations scale with the size of the house: specifically, if, for a fixed population distribution, t…