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symmetric function

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.


Etymology

Origin of symmetric function

First recorded in 1850–55

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To determine the nature of the symmetric function P a few definitions are necessary.

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