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necklace problem

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combinatorics
Polya’s theorem
…is required to make a necklace of n beads out of an infinite supply of beads of k different colours. The number of different necklaces, c (n, k), that can be made is given by the reciprocal of n times a sum of terms of the type ϕ(n) k^n/d, in…
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…is required to make a necklace of n beads out of an infinite supply of beads of k different colours. The number of different necklaces, c (n, k), that can be made is given by the reciprocal of n times a sum of terms of the type ϕ(n) k^n/d, in…
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