History of Elementary symmetric polynomials $e_k$

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2026-08-27 11:08 bmatschke the power sum table is at its full title current reviewed
2026-08-27 11:03 bmatschke the elementary symmetric polynomials, expanded in n variables
2026-08-27 10:58 bmatschke with claude-opus-5 proposed from elementary.yaml

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     met.   formula-newton: $k\,e_k = \sum_{i=1}^{k} (-1)^{i-1} e_{k-i}\, p_i$, where $p_i$-    are the power sums HREF{Power_sum_polynomials} (Newton's identities).+    are the power sums HREF{Power_sum_symmetric_polynomials} (Newton's identities).   formula-with-homogeneous: $\sum_{k=0}^{d} (-1)^{k} e_k\, h_{d-k} = 0$ for $d \geq     1$, where $h_d$ are the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials HREF{Complete_homogeneous_symmetric_polynomials}. 

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