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Symmetric functions are symmetric polynomials, in finitely many, or countably infinitely many variables. They arise in the representation theory of symmetric groups and in the polynomial representation theory of general linear groups. Bases of the ring of symmetric functions are indexed by integer partitions. Schur functions, elementary symmetric functions, complete symmetric functions, and power sum symmetric functions are the most commonly used bases.

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Nontrivial algorithm to check for polynomial symmetry?

Hi. As is known, a polynomial $P \in K[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ is symmetric when permuting its variables always yields the same polynomial. This immediately yields an algorithm $O(n!)$ to check for symmetr …
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