Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exponential generating function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: ex-po-nen-tial -gen-er-at-ing -func-tion
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

10

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Exponential generating functions are generally more convenient than ordinary generating functions for combinatorial enumeration problems that involve labelled objects."

Inflected Forms

exponential generating functions (plural)

Questions

What does exponential generating function mean?: 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.

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