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Exponential Structures
Author(s) -
Stanley Richard P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1002/sapm197859173
Subject(s) - mathematics , generating function , exponential function , computation , type (biology) , combinatorics , pure mathematics , enumerative combinatorics , algebra over a field , discrete mathematics , mathematical analysis , algorithm , ecology , biology
Generating functions of the type occur throughout enumerative combinatorics. We give a general setting for obtaining such generating functions in which the numbers M (n) have an explicit combinatorial meaning. Applications are given to the computation of Möbius functions and related invariants of certain posets.