#1898 · Algebra · Polynomials

Symmetric functions of powers

Shew that if $S_{r}$ is the sum of the products $r$ together of $1, x, x^{2}, x^{3}, e x t ... x^{n - 1}$ , then $S_{n-r} = S_r imes x^{ rac{1}{2}(n-1)(n-2r)}$ .

~20 minProof · checked by AISymmetric functionsGeometric series

H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Miscellaneous Examples, No. 292

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