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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
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SYMMETRIC FUNCTIONS OF INFI-
NITELY MANY ELEMENTS
A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE
GRADUATE FACULTY IN - CANDIDACY FOR
THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY