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To: VeritatisSplendor
"I work in this area professionally."

I don't. But it seems to me that solutions must exist.

For example: Mandate that all districts must be rectangular, except those on state borders.

Mandate that the populations of each rectangle be "roughly" equal, so far as possible with rectangular districts, and that the areas of districts be "roughly" equal. One can even contemplate that an upper and lower bound on the aspect ratio of the rectangles could be stated.

In other words, abandon the ability to shape districts any-which-way, and also abandon the fixation on equal numbers.

What's wrong with that?

--Boris

32 posted on 04/27/2002 5:24:21 PM PDT by boris
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To: boris
There are severe mathematical difficulties with your proposal -- I don't have time to go into them now, will post later about this.
34 posted on 04/28/2002 8:37:46 AM PDT by VeritatisSplendor
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