{ "id": "math/9809120", "version": "v3", "published": "1998-09-22T02:45:34.000Z", "updated": "1998-10-25T21:54:10.000Z", "title": "A combinatorial determinant", "authors": [ "Herbert S. Wilf" ], "comment": "5 pages, LaTeX2e source", "categories": [ "math.CO", "math.RA" ], "abstract": "A theorem of Mina evaluates the determinant of a matrix with entries $D^j(f(x)^i)$. We note the important special case where the matrix entries are evaluated at $x=0$ and give a simple proof of it, and some applications. We then give a short proof of the general case.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v3", "updated": "1998-10-25T21:54:10.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05A19", "15A15" ], "keywords": [ "combinatorial determinant", "important special case", "general case", "short proof", "simple proof" ], "note": { "typesetting": "LaTeX", "pages": 5, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "1998math......9120W" } } }