The balancing index over the alternating group
Combinatorics
2024-08-15 v1 Group Theory
Abstract
The balancing index of a polynomial is the least positive sum of coefficients in an integer linear combination of permuted copies of which produces a symmetric polynomial. Here we consider the restricted problem in which only even permutations are used.
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@article{arxiv.2408.07679,
title = {The balancing index over the alternating group},
author = {Peter Dukes and Georgia Penner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07679},
year = {2024}
}