proof of Newton-Girard formula for symmetric polynomials
The following is a proof of Newton-Girard formula using formalpower series. Let be an indeterminate and be thepolynomial
Take log and differentiate both sides of the equation
We obtain
(1) |
where is the derivative of
The right hand side of (1) is equal to
By equating coefficients of
we get the Newton-Girard formula.