The formal series Witt transform

dc.creatorMoree, Pieter
dc.date2003-11-12
dc.date2005-03-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:02:50Z
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dc.descriptionGiven a formal power series f(z) we define, for any positive integer r, its rth Witt transform, W_f^{(r)}, by rW_f^{(r)}(z)=sum_{d|r}mu(d)f(z^d)^{r/d}, where mu is the Moebius function. The Witt transform generalizes the necklace polynomials M(a,n) that occur in the cyclotomic identity 1-ay=prod (1-y^n)^{M(a,n)}, where the product is over all positive integers. Several properties of the Witt transform are established. Some examples relevant to number theory are considered.
dc.description18 pages, small improvements in contents and presentation, to appear in Discrete Mathematics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311194
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0311194
dc.identifierDiscrete Mathematics 295 (2005), 143-160
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.disc.2005.03.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/69166
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject05A19; 11B75; 17B01
dc.titleThe formal series Witt transform
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