Discussion on "I tested Bertrand's 1887 ballot formula on 648 vote splits and the answer was always (p-q)/(p+q)."

Macaulay001 · 2026-05-11T22:51:28.682Z

Part 100 of Forgotten Theories, a series re-testing old scientific claims with modern tools. Find the rest under the #forgotten-theories tag. In 1887 Joseph Bertrand sent a four-page note to the Comptes Rendus of the French Academy. The question he ...

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I tested Bertrand's 1887 ballot formula on 648 vote splits and the answer was always (p-q)/(p+q).

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