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Spanning Tree Bounds for Grid Graphs
Kristopher Tapp
Among subgraphs with a fixed number of vertices of the regular square lattice, we prove inequalities that essentially say that those with smaller boundaries have larger numbers of…
Clustering and Expected Seat-Share for District Maps
Kristopher Tapp
In the context of modern sampling methods for redistricting, we define a natural measurement of the clustering of a political party, and we study how clustering affects the expecte…
On the mathematics of the free-choice paradigm
Peter Selinger, Kristopher Tapp
Chen and Risen pointed out a logical flaw affecting the conclusions of a number of past experiments that used the free-choice paradigm to measure choice-induced attitude change. Th…
Measuring Political Gerrymandering
Kristopher Tapp
In 2016, a Wisconsin court struck down the state assembly map due to unconstitutional gerrymandering. If this ruling is upheld by the Supreme Court's pending 2018 decision, it will…
A Relative Efficiency Gap formula for measuring Political Gerrymandering
Kristopher Tapp
The efficiency gap formula was introduced in to measure political gerrymandering. It played a key role in the Gill v. Whitford case whose appeal is currently before the Supreme Cou…
Radially symmetric connections over round spheres
Kristopher Tapp
We classify the radially symmetric connections in vector bundles over round spheres by proving that they are all parallel.