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Minimum Total Deviation Apportionments

This note presents an algorithm for computing the minimum total deviation apportionment. Some properties of this apportionment are also explored. This particular apportionment arises from the jurisprudential concern that total deviation is the appropriate measure for the harm caused by malapportionment of the United States House of Representatives.

Paul H. Edelman

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