The SciencesNovember 1, 2018
Geometry versus Gerrymandering
Mathematicians are developing statistical forensics to identify districts that disenfranchise voters
Stories by Moon Duchin
Moon Duchin is an associate professor of mathematics and a senior fellow at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Her research is in geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology, and dynamics. She formed the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group in the fall of 2016 to focus mathematical attention on redistricting.