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Let $1 \leq k \leq n$ be fixed integers. Let $\mathcal{M}_n^{\mathrm{H}}$ be the set of $n \times n$ complex Hermitian matrices (if it makes it easier to answer this question, you may instead use the ...

Say I have a product $\prod_{1\le i \le N-1}\prod_{i<j\le N-1} (1+t_i t_j a_{ij})$, where $a_{ij}$s are real number. I want to calculate the coefficient of $\prod_{0 \le i < N} t_i$. Is there an ...

I'm making a research on Galois theory, and found something interesting regarding the ring of symmetric polynomials: At least up to 5 variables, we can rewrite the elementary symmetric polynomials ...

Consider the monic polynomial $$f: = X^n + a_1 X^{n-1} + \cdots + a_n$$ over $\mathbb Z$. Let $p_i$ be the $i$_th power sum ($1 \le i \le n$) of the roots of $f$ (in some extension of $\mathbb Z$). ...

The trace of a matrix is the sum of the eigenvalues and the determinant is the product of the eigenvalues. The fundamental theorem of symmetric polynomials says that we can write any symmetric ...