NEDOCENENÝ ANDRÉ SAINTE-LAGUЁ

• Authors: Dančišin Vladimír

Title variants

EN

Unappreciated André Sainte-Laguё

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

French mathematician André Sainte-Laguë, a pioneer in the theory of graphs, is not very appreciated scientist. The article seeks to point out that there is an undeniable contribution of the Sainte-Laguë’s works to the theory of apportionment and measurement of the disproportionality of an electoral outcome. Sainte-Laguë is one of the founders of the theoretical approach to the problem of distribution of the seats in party-list proportional representation systems. The article points out that Sainte-Laguë invented the method of equal proportions known as Huntington method.

Keywords

EN

ANDRÉ SAINTE-LAGUË; SAINTE-LAGUË METHOD; HUNTINGTON METHOD; APPORTIONMENT

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov
• Journal: Annales Scientia Politica
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 56 – 61

Contributors

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Dančišin Vladimír

• Institute of Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov, Slovak Republic