Breaking Math PodcastThe Math Behind Gerrymandering, Fair Representation, and Politics with Karen Saxe

Why Districts Aren’t Circles

5:45–6:47 · 61s

Saxe unpacks how ‘compactness’ in redistricting leans on the isoperimetric theorem—and why ideal circular districts clash with geographic reality.

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