Power of Mathematical Thinking: From Newton's Laws to Elections and the Economy

Apportionment Problems of the U.S. Congress (1x19)

Air date: Jan 01, 2010

Because a congressional district cannot be represented by a fraction of a representative, a rounding-off procedure is needed. Discover how this explains why there are 435 representatives in the U.S. Congress—and how this mystery is unlocked by using the geometry of a torus.