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Elementary proofs are given for the infinite families of Macdonald identities. The reflections of the Weyl group provide sign-reversing involutions which show that all terms not related to the constant term cancel.
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Stanton, D. (1989). An Elementary Approach to the Macdonald Identities. In: Stanton, D. (eds) q-Series and Partitions. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 18. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0637-5_11
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