exponential generating function

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exponential generating function (plural exponential generating functions)

  1. (mathematics) A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients are fractions with factorial denominators (of index corresponding to the power of the indeterminate) and numerators which represent a sequence of numbers that is to be studied.
    Exponential generating functions are generally more convenient than ordinary generating functions for combinatorial enumeration problems that involve labelled objects.

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