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The group of formal power series under substitution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

D. L. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The University of NottinghamNottingham NG7 2RD, England
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Abstract

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This is a study of formal power series under the binary operation of formal composition from a group-theoretical point of view. Various “large” properties are derived.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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