Big-(wo)men, tyrants, chiefs, dictators, emperors and presidents : towards the mathematical understanding of social groups /: towards the mathematical understanding of social groups. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francesco dell'Isola.
• Authors: Dell'Isola, Francesco
• Contents: PREFACE A DICTATOR MUST ALWAYS EXIST MANY PERSONS BELIEVE THAT MATHEMATICS IS TOO ABSTRACT A SCIENCE TO BE REALLY USEFUL. DICTATORS OR OPINION LEADERS ? IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND A DEMOCRATIC METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SOCIAL CHOICES ? A QUESTION OF RULES OR, MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING, A QUESTION OF ALGORITHMS CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRACTICAL USE OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS OF CONDORCET PROBLEM IN POLITICS A FIRST INFORMAL FORMULATION OF ARROW THEOREM THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR A CHOICE: TOTAL ORDER RELATIONS A SECOND, MORE PRECISE, FORMULATION OF ARROW THEOREM MONOTONICITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF IRRELEVANT ORDER ARROW'S THEOREM IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING MANY SOCIAL PHENOMENA ARROW'S THEOREM AND THE SELECTION OF SUPER ALPHA INDIVIDUALS ARROW THEOREM AS A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING HISTORY ARROW THEOREM AS THE FIRST MATHEMATICAL RESULT IN PSICO-HISTORY 'A PRIORI' IMPOSED SOCIAL CHOICES, ALTERNATIVES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT, AND INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS INCAPABLE TO DECIDE KING, EMPERORS, (ABSOLUTE) MONARCHS AND DESPOTS DEMOCRACY AS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE CATHERINE THE GREAT AND GENGHIS KHAN: POWER HAS NO GENDER GENGHIS KHAN CATHERINE THE GREAT, EMPRESS AND AUTOCRAT OF ALL THE RUSSIAS SOME INITIAL CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POWER AND GENDER SOME OPEN PROBLEMS FOR A GENERAL MATHEMATICAL THEORY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES A CASUAL LIST OF PROBLEMS WHICH COULD BE TREATED BY THE THEORY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURES PLATO'S REPUBLIC: A PRISTINE TEXTBOOK IN SOCIAL SCIENCES A QUEST OF PHENOLOGICAL BASIS FOR FUTURE THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS PHENOMENOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIPS AND UNIFICATIONS: ANALYSIS OF AN HISTORICAL NECESSITY SOUTHERN VERSUS NORTHERN LEADERS LEADERS FROM SOUTH AIM AT UNREACHABLE IDEALS? AN EXEMPLARY IDEALISTIC SOUTHERNER: CARLO FILANGIERI THE MAIN EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CARLO FILANGIERI A REAPPRAISAL OF THE RES GESTAE (i.e. THE DEEDS) OF CARLO FILANGIERI THE TALENTS NEEDED TO BE A WINNER: POWER IS THE PRIZE FOR MACHIAVELLIAN BEHAVIOUR CAMILLO BENSO, COUNT OF CAVOUR: THE HETEROGENESIS OF ENDS A SHORT LIST OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CAVOUR PHENOMENOLOGY OF DICTATORSHIP THE WEAKNESSES OF TWO SICILIES AS EXPLOITED BY CAVOUR AND GARIBALDI THOSE MASTERS OF DUPLICITY WHO SURRENDERED NAPLES 83 DON PASQUALE THE WIFE OF DON PASQUALE PATROCLUS PETRONS: THE PUPPET OF THE CRYPTO-DICTATOR A TENTATIVE EXPLANATION OF SOME OF DESCRIBED PHENOMENA BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF NASH EQUILIBRIUM GAME THEORY: A POWERFUL CONCEPTUAL TOOL (STABLE) EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATIONS NON-UNIQUENESS OF EQUILIBRIA STRATEGIES IN A GAME NASH EQUILIBRIUM SOME TENTATIVE APPLICATIONS OF NASH THEOREM MIXED RANDOM STRATEGIES IS THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE DICTATOR AND OF THE LEADER OBSERVED ONLY IN HUMAN GROUPS ? MAMA, TESTOSTERONE AND DICTATORS YEROEN, NIKKIE, LUIT: MALE COMPETITION FOR POWER UNMASKING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR KANZI, THE BONOBO: A MESSAGE OF HOPE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SERVITUDE PART I. WHY DO PEOPLE OBEY A GOVERNMENT PART II. LIBERTY IS THE NATURAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE PART III. THE FOUNDATION OF TYRANNY SERVITUDE AS AN INNATE INSTINCT MONTESQUIEU: THE POSSIBLE DEMOCRACY TOWARDS A RATIONAL THEORY OF CONSTITUTIONS THE DIVISION OF POWERS IMAGINED BY MONTESQUIEU MORE SOPHISTICATED MATHEMATICAL THEORIES ARE NEEDED APPENDIX 1. THE STORY OF TWO WORDS: DICTATOR/TYRANT APPENDIX 2. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE OF THE THEOREM OF DICTATOR INDIVIDUAL OR SOCIAL CHOICES AMONG SEVERAL OPTIONS OPTIONS PREFERRED TO ALL OPTIONS IN A SPECIFIC SET RATIONAL CHOICE, IN THE SENSE OF ARROW (STRICTLY) PREFERRED AND INDIFFERENT OPTIONS VOTES IN A SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL CHOICE FUNCTION AND ITS PROPERTIES ARROW'S THEOREM ON POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL CHOICE.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302; Social psychology -- Mathematical models; Social groups; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811394799; 9811394792
• Related ISBNs: 9789811394782
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2019).
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