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The American Mathematical Society Presents The 2020 AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics MOON DUCHIN How We Divide Ourselves Tufts University Up To Vote, and Why It Matters Photo courtesy of Tufts University Saturday, March 14 | 5:15 PM Chemistry Auditorium (Chemistry 402) University of Virginia | Reception to follow Mathematics has found a fruitful application in Moon Duchin is an associate professor of mathematics at Tufts electoral redistricting. In this lecture, Duchin will University and serves as director of the Tufts' interdisciplinary discuss some surprisingly simple questions about Science, Technology, and Society Program. She was named an graphs and geometry that lie at the heart of the AMS Fellow for her work in geometric group theory and for her service to the mathematical community and is one of the leaders signiﬁ cant intervention that mathematicians are of the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group—a project that currently making in politics and civil rights. focuses mathematical attention on issues of electoral redistricting. Duchin has also worked and lectured on issues in the history, philosophy, and cultural studies of math and science, such as the role of intuition and the nature and impact of ideas about genius, and is involved in a range of educational projects in mathematics. Dan Addison/UVA University Communications The Einstein Lecture is part of the 2020 AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting (March 13–15) at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kate Awtrey, Atlanta Convention Photography Event details: https://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2273_events.html Sectional details: https://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2273_program.html .

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