On the Pólya Enumeration Theorem ()
Abstract
Simple formulas for the number of different cyclic and dihedral necklaces containing nj beads of the j-th color, and , are derived, using the Pólya enumeration theorem.
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L. FEL, "On the Pólya Enumeration Theorem,"
Intelligent Information Management, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2009, pp. 172-173. doi:
10.4236/iim.2009.13025.
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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