Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University
Moon Duchin, associate professor of mathematics at Tufts University, addresses a conference of experts in math, law, politics and voting rights Monday in the first of a national series of conferences organized by the Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group, a Boston-based team of mathematicians led by Duchin to study applications of geometry and computing to U.S. districting in the interest of preserving and promoting democracy.