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plethysms

plethysms is the plural of plethysm.

Meaning of plethysm

Noun

plethysm (plural plethysms)

  1. A particular group-theoretic operation on a set of functions of a given symmetry type.
    • Motivated by questions of Mulmuley and Stanley we investigate quasi-polynomials arising in formulas for plethysm.2015, Thomas Kahle, Mateusz Michalek, “Obstructions to combinatorial formulas for plethysm”, in arXiv

Questions about plethysms

What is plethysms the plural of?
Plethysms is the plural of plethysm.

Words near plethysms in the dictionary

  1. plethysmometers
  2. plethysmometric
  3. plethysmometrical
  4. plethysmometrically
  5. plethysmometry
  6. plethysms
  7. plethystic
  8. Plett
  9. Pletts
  10. Pletz
  11. pletzel

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