Powers of subgroups in voting bodies |
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Authors: | P C Fishburn W V Gehrlein |
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Institution: | (1) AT & T Bell Laboratories, 07974 Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA;(2) University of Delaware, 1971 Newark, Delaware, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses the power p
n
of an n-member subgroup B
n
of an N-member voting body, N odd and 1 n N. In contrast to bloc voting, we assume that the members vote independently with equal probability for and against a given issue. Power p
n
is defined as the probability that the outcome of a vote changes if all members of B
n
reverse their votes. Theorems: p
n + 1 =
n
for odd n < N; p
n
+ p
N – n
= 1; P
m
+ p
n
> p
m + n
if m + n < N; p
n + 1/p
n
(n + 1)/n as N for fixed even n; for rational 0 > > 1, p
N
2 –1 sin–1 1/2 as N . A simple summation formula is given for p
n
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