Mathematical Politics
Physics and Society
2025-11-25 v2 Computers and Society
General Economics
Economics
Abstract
Politics today is largely about the art of messaging to influence the public, but the mathematical theory of messaging -- information and communication theory -- can turn this art into a precise analysis, both qualitative and quantitative, that enables us to gain retrospective understandings of past political events and to make forward-looking future predictions.
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@article{arxiv.2505.11540,
title = {Mathematical Politics},
author = {Dorje C. Brody},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.11540},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
17 pages, 4 figures, discussino on information transmission included