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The Symmetric Functions of which the General Determinant is a particular case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. A. MacMahon
Affiliation:
St John's College.

Extract

I consider functions of numerical magnitudes ast, where s, t may each assume the values 1,2, … n.

Symmetric functions are those which are unaltered by the whole of the substitutions of the n integers, when they are applied simultaneously to both suffixes.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1925

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