Burnside's lemma

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Cauchy-Frobenius_lemma
gptkbp:appliesTo counting distinct colorings
enumeration under symmetry
gptkbp:category enumerative combinatorics
group actions
gptkbp:field gptkb:combinatorics
group theory
gptkbp:firstPublished 1897
gptkbp:form |X/G| = (1/|G|) ∑_{g∈G} |Fix(g)|
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:William_Burnside
gptkbp:state The number of orbits of a finite group action on a finite set equals the average number of points fixed by the group elements.
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Polya_enumeration_theorem
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Group_theory
gptkb:Burnside
gptkb:William_Burnside
gptkb:Pólya_enumeration_theorem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burnside's lemma