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exponential generating functions

exponential generating functions is the plural of exponential generating function.

Meaning of exponential generating function

Noun

exponential generating function (plural exponential generating functions)

  1. A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients are fractions with factorial denominators (of index corresponding to the power of the indeterminate) and numerators which represent a sequence of numbers that is to be studied.
    • Exponential generating functions are generally more convenient than ordinary generating functions for combinatorial enumeration problems that involve labelled objects.

Questions about exponential generating functions

What is exponential generating functions the plural of?
Exponential generating functions is the plural of exponential generating function.

Words near exponential generating functions in the dictionary

  1. exponential equation
  2. exponential equations
  3. exponential function
  4. exponential functions
  5. exponential generating function
  6. exponential generating functions
  7. exponential growth
  8. exponential growths
  9. exponential map
  10. exponential maps
  11. exponential object

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