## Involve: A Journal of Mathematics

• Involve
• Volume 1, Number 2 (2008), 159-165.

### Invariant polynomials and minimal zero sequences

#### Abstract

A connection is developed between polynomials invariant under abelian permutation of their variables and minimal zero sequences in a finite abelian group. This connection is exploited to count the number of minimal invariant polynomials for various abelian groups.

#### Article information

Source
Involve, Volume 1, Number 2 (2008), 159-165.

Dates
Accepted: 1 November 2007
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513799087

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/involve.2008.1.159

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2429656

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1143.13302

#### Citation

Finklea, Bryson; Moore, Terri; Ponomarenko, Vadim; Turner, Zachary. Invariant polynomials and minimal zero sequences. Involve 1 (2008), no. 2, 159--165. doi:10.2140/involve.2008.1.159. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.involve/1513799087

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