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Re:Analytic Combinatorics – A Worked Example by LegionMammal978 on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:38PM (#43625678)
In fact, for that 'warmup' problem, the leading term has a base and coefficient that are roots of cubic polynomials, given in the OEIS entry. But often the coefficient will be trancendental for these sorts of problems.
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Re:Analytic Combinatorics – A Worked Example by aleph_minus_one on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @09:50AM (#43632090)
> But often the coefficient will be tran[s]cendental for these sorts of problems.

What makes you believe that the coefficient will be transcendental? I'd rather expect some non-trivial algebraic number (i.e. root of some polynomial with rational coefficients).

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