voting systems

Election special

A mathematical look at democracy.

Elections: Could they be fairer?

With a bit of maths, yes!

Elections: Three common methods

Are these methods fair?

Elections: Can they be fair?

Unfortunately the answer is no, not perfectly. Find out more here.

Maths in a minute: The d'Hondt method

How does the voting system for the European Parliament elections work?

No maths for Europe

How should the seats in the European Parliament be allocated?

Another way of voting

Should we let go of the "one person, one vote" principle?

Election perfection?

Why a perfect voting system is mathematically impossible.

Maths in a minute: Arrow's theorem

Is there a perfect voting system? In the 1950s the economist Kenneth Arrow asked himself this question and found that the answer is no, at least in the setting he imagined.

Editorial

Election issues

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

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Testing testing in schools

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Keeping up with COVID-19

Trying to work out the real time incidence of a disease in the middle of pandemic has never been done before, but the team behind the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey have developed a way to do just that.
How long a line can a pencil draw?

A quick example of the art of rough and ready calculations.
Triangular number patterns

There are triangular numbers hiding all over the standard multiplication table! Find out how to discover them in this article!

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