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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Food For Thought Seminar

Neal Harris

UCSD

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

Abstract:

In 1951, Kenneth Arrow showed that under a reasonable definition of 'fair', there is no fair election system in a society of at least two individuals with at least three options. We'll make this statement into a precise theorem, prove it, and then discuss a generalization. While axioms and choice will both appear in this talk, the Axiom of Choice will not.

February 12, 2009

10:00 AM

AP&M 7321

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