On the Pólya Enumeration Theorem
L. G. FEL
DOI: 10.4236/iim.2009.13025   PDF    HTML     9,734 Downloads   14,017 Views   Citations

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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FEL, L. (2009) On the Pólya Enumeration Theorem. Intelligent Information Management, 1, 172-173. doi: 10.4236/iim.2009.13025.

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References

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[5] F. Harary, “Graph theory,” Reading, Addison-Wesley, MA, 1994.
[6] A. Kerber, “Applied finite group actions,” 2nd Ed., Springer, Berlin, Chap. 3, 1999.

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