表示论在投票理论中的应用

似乎主要是 Donald G. Saari 和 Zajj Daugherty 等人的工作…

大致思路:用 tabloid 来描述投票中的对象,然后将过程中的状态空间视为 \(\mathbb{Q}S_n\)-模,然后将其分解为不可约模的直和,并分析在投票过程中真正起作用的成分。

太懒了…直接把曹老师作报告用的 Slides 放上来吧…

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