From 808df7b4d4ae968a4f234cbc83978f429a23df7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas (Tom) C. Gorordo" <57684088+tgorordo@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 14:44:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3b22499..0f22514 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ # Smithy *A simple Smith set solver for ranked-choice ballots.* -The Smith set is the minimal set of election candidates which can beat all others pairwise +The [Smith set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_set) is the minimal set of election candidates which can beat all others pairwise (by simple majority ranking preference) - if there is a single winner in the set they are -guaranteed the standard Condorcet i.e. Majority winner (they beat all others pairwise). +guaranteed the standard [Condorcet i.e. Majority winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_winner) (they beat all others pairwise). `smithy` identifies the Smith set via graph Strongly Connected Component (SCC) analysis of the pairwise majority graph using [`rustworkx`](https://www.rustworkx.org/).