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Power Series and Exponential Generating Functions

by G. Ervynck (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and P. Igodt (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
November, 1989

Subject classification(s): Algebra and Number Theory | Algebra | Functions | Calculus | Single Variable Calculus | Series | Discrete Mathematics | Combinatorics
Applicable Course(s): 4.4 Combinatorics | 4.11 Advanced Calc I, II, & Real Analysis

A technique for summing certain power series using the exponential generating function


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