symmetric power
Let be a set and let
Denote an element of by Define an equivalence relationby if and only if there exists apermutation
of such that.
Definition.
The symmetric power of isthe set That is, the set of equivalence classes of under therelation
Let be the natural projection of onto .
Proposition.
is a symmetric function if and only if there exists a function such that
From now on let be an integral domain. Let be the map where is the elementary symmetricpolynomial. By the above lemma, we have a function , where
Proposition.
is one to one. If is algebraically closed, then is onto.
A very useful case is when In this case, when we put on the natural complex manifold structureonto the map is a biholomorphism of and
References
- 1 Hassler Whitney..Addison-Wesley, Philippines, 1972.