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A Study of Polya's Enumeration Theorem

Date

2005-08-15

Author

Williams, Elizabeth

Type of Degree

Thesis

Department

Mathematics and Statistics

Abstract

The controversial lemma, known most commonly as Burnside's Lemma, is stated and proven. The influential Polya's Enumeration Theorem is stated and proven. Computations using Polya's Enumeration Theorem are discussed and examples of these computations are given.