04763nam a22004935i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001800172072001600190072002300206072001500229100009900244245012200343250001800465264006900483300006500552336002600617337002600643338003600669347002400705505039700729520255001126650003803676650002803714650002403742650002803766650002503794650004103819650006203860700008703922710003404009773002604043776003604069776003604105776003604141856004604177912001404223912001504237999001704252978-3-031-52776-0DE-He21320251030111806.0cr nn 008mamaa240405s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315277609978-3-031-52776-07 a10.1007/978-3-031-52776-02doi 4aQA402.5-402.6 7aPBU2bicssc 7aMAT0420002bisacsh 7aPBU2thema1 aAragón-Artacho, Francisco J.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97476710aMathematics in Politics and Governanceh[electronic resource] /cby Francisco J. Aragón-Artacho, Miguel A. Goberna.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIX, 220 p. 94 illus., 72 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aForeword -- Mathematical tools for political decision-making -- Feasibility (or how to meet requirements) -- Scalar optimization (or how to make the best decision) -- Vector optimization (or how to make insurmountable decisions) -- Big data (or how to decide using massive information) -- The impact of political decisions on mathematics -- References -- Nomenclature -- List of boxes.-Index.  aThis book presents the mathematical tools that politicians use to make rational decisions about health, education, culture, economy, finance, transportation, and national defense for their citizens. The selection of topics addressed is based on the experiences of four veteran politicians who have doctorates or master’s degrees in mathematics. The exposition also considers the mathematical tools used by politicians to capture votes or optimize their impact on the design of electoral districts, i.e., gerrymandering, without forgetting the mathematics applied to parliamentary activity and political science. Aimed at a general educated readership, a basic knowledge of mathematics is the only requisite to understanding most of the book. Certain sections, denoted in the book with a star, contain more advanced material and require some knowledge of undergraduate math. A later chapter is dedicated to applications and techniques of machine learning and the final chapter discusses a variety of cases where political decisions have affected mathematical development. Readers gravitating towards this book are those who are curious about the history of mathematics, including optimizers and mathematicians who would like to learn more about the historical roots of their discipline. There will also be strong appeal to mathematically-oriented economists, political scientists, and people generally interested in mathematics. Mathematics is – or it should be! – an important part of our culture. The impact of mathematics is sometimes silent, but a powerful one. The authors of this book did an incredible work in digging out areas of mathematical reasoning that pervades social and political life. Reading this book, we will all enrich our vision of mathematics’ value for society. (Nuno Crato, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Lisbon, former minister of Education and Science of Portugal 2011–2015) This monograph shows in an impressive way that mathematics can be very helpful in making and evaluating political decisions and that it is indispensable in the progressive penetration of all areas of society with scientific methods. This also includes politics. Not everything in politics can be justified or related to mathematics, but politics should not be made in contradiction to mathematical truths. For me, this is a central message of this publication. (Johanna Wanka, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences, former Minister of Education and Research, Germany 2013–2018). 0aMathematical optimization.965522 0aCultural policy.967609 0aMathematics.965523 0aSocial sciences.96137314aOptimization.96552824aCultural Policy and Politics.96761324aMathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.9747681 aGoberna, Miguel A.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut9747692 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303152775308iPrinted edition:z978303152777708iPrinted edition:z978303152778440uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52776-0  aZDB-2-SMA  aZDB-2-SXMS  c58965d58965