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Method of Coefficients: an algebraic characterization and recent applications

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The article is devoted to the algebraic-logical foundations of the analytic approach to summation problems in various fields of mathematics and its applications. Here we present the foundations of the method of coefficients developed by the author in late 1970’s and its recent applications to several well-known problems.

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Egorychev, G.P. (2009). Method of Coefficients: an algebraic characterization and recent applications. In: Kotsireas, I., Zima, E. (eds) Advances in Combinatorial Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03562-3_1

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