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A convolution for the complete and elementary symmetric functions

Number Theory 2018-11-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper we give a convolution identity for the complete and elementary symmetric functions. This result can be used to proving and discovering some combinatorial identities involving rr-Stirling numbers, rr-Whitney numbers and qq-binomial coefficients. As a corollary we derive a generalization of the quantum Vandermonde's convolution identity.

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@article{arxiv.1811.04771,
  title  = {A convolution for the complete and elementary symmetric functions},
  author = {Mircea Merca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04771},
  year   = {2018}
}
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