The Fundamental Theorem of Symmetric Polynomials
For any commutative ring A denote the ring of symmetric polynomials in the variables with coefficients in A by .
- is a polynomial ring in the n elementary symmetric polynomials for k = 1, ..., n.
(Note that is not among these polynomials; since, it cannot be member of any set of algebraically independent elements.)
This means that every symmetric polynomial has a unique representation
for some polynomial . Another way of saying the same thing is that is isomorphic to the polynomial ring through an isomorphism that sends to for .
Read more about this topic: Elementary Symmetric Polynomial
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