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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good read, with some fascinating insights
Lucidly written exposition with stress on concepts rather than notation manipulation. Dollar auctions, Arrow's theorem, Power indices were especially interesting reading. Probably the best place for a layman to get the dope on Arrow's impossibility theorem. Does get a bit tedious in some spots with some numerical permutations, but on the whole, I recommend it highly.
Published on April 12, 1998
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful beginning but blurred endings
Beginning chapters are lucid with examples - but towards the end of book, things get rather cloudy - and at the fag end it's almost impossible when the author arrives at the Impossibility Theorem of Kenneth Arrow! Looks like somebody hurried up the author to finsh the book and dash it off to the press!
Published 12 months ago by N. Ramanathan
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good read, with some fascinating insights,
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This review is from: Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof (Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences) (Paperback)
Lucidly written exposition with stress on concepts rather than notation manipulation. Dollar auctions, Arrow's theorem, Power indices were especially interesting reading. Probably the best place for a layman to get the dope on Arrow's impossibility theorem. Does get a bit tedious in some spots with some numerical permutations, but on the whole, I recommend it highly.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful beginning but blurred endings,
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This review is from: Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof (Hardcover)
Beginning chapters are lucid with examples - but towards the end of book, things get rather cloudy - and at the fag end it's almost impossible when the author arrives at the Impossibility Theorem of Kenneth Arrow! Looks like somebody hurried up the author to finsh the book and dash it off to the press!
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Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof (Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences) by Alan D. Taylor (Hardcover - March 9, 1995)
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