How should County chops be counted?

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Tennessee Non-Partisan plan.

My non-partisan redistricting plan for Tennessee. The plan maintains the majority African American district, and only splits 3 counties.

District 1 R+28.01 - 29.2 - 69.3
District 2 R+20.18 - 34.2 - 64.3
District 3 R+18.85 - 36.2 - 62.5
District 4 R+24.20 - 34.9 - 63.3
District 5 D+05.71 - 56.2 - 42.6
District 6 R+20.52 - 34.4 - 64.3
District 7 R+19.55 - 38.3 - 60.2
District 8 R+14.80 - 38.9 - 60.1
District 9 D+20.72 - 71.3 - 28.1 - 58.9 African American

Am I reading this correctly that Anderson county is covered by 4 CDs?

I noticed that too. Just my prejudice, but I don't like lashing out at one county that way myself. It strikes me as unfair, absent pretty compelling circumstances.

My aim is to split the least number of counties possible. In my opinion it is better to split one county between four districts than three counties each between two districts. Others may prefer splitting many counties in half, but I prefer splitting as few counties as possible.

If I had it my way, splitting a County between 3 Districts would count as 3 chops, splitting between 4 Districts would count as 6 chops, splitting between 5 Districts would count as 10 chops, and so on.

Mathematical Formula for math nerds:

C = Function for number of chops
N = number of Districts a County is part of

C(1) = 0
C(n) = C(n - 1) + n - 1 if n > 1

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Question for people to think about.

My personal belief:

A split between say District 01 and District 02 should be counted as 1 chop, for obvious reasons.

However, beyond that, I seem to disagree with many people:

A split between say District 01, District 02, and District 03 should be counted as 3 chops:

1 chop for the split between District 01 and District 02.
1 chop for the split between District 01 and District 03.
1 chop for the split between District 02 and District 03.

3 chops total.

With 4 Districts, it counts as 6 chops, with 5 Districts, it counts as 10 chops, and so on.

For math nerds, a formula:

C = function for number of chops
N = number of Districts a County is included within

C(N) = 0
if N = 1

C(N) = C(N-1) + n - 1
if N > 1