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TWO APPROACHES TO MÖBIUS INVERSION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2011

I-CHIAU HUANG*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, 6F, Astronomy-Mathematics Building, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

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The Möbius inversion formula for a locally finite partially ordered set is realized as a Lagrange inversion formula. Schauder bases are introduced to interpret Möbius inversion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Publishing Association Inc. 2011

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