An Extension of P\'{o}lya's Enumeration Theorem
Combinatorics
2025-02-14 v2
Abstract
In combinatorics, P\'{o}lya's Enumeration Theorem is a powerful tool for solving a wide range of counting problems, including the enumeration of groups, graphs, and chemical compounds. In this paper, we present an extension of P\'{o}lya's Enumeration Theorem. As an application, we derive a formula that expresses the -th elementary symmetric polynomial in indeterminates (where ) as a variant of the cycle index polynomial of the symmetric group . This result resolves a problem posed by Amdeberhan in 2012.
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@article{arxiv.2412.12508,
title = {An Extension of P\'{o}lya's Enumeration Theorem},
author = {Xiongfeng Zhan and Xueyi Huang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12508},
year = {2025}
}
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