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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 nn-th elementary symmetric polynomial in mm indeterminates (where nmn\leq m) as a variant of the cycle index polynomial of the symmetric group Sym(n)\mathrm{Sym}(n). 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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8 pages