The umbral calculus of symmetric functions

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-271

  Méndez, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0030602324     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aima.1996.0083     Document Type: Article

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