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Combinatorics, Representation Theory and Invariant Theory

The Story of a Ménage à Trois

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Indiscrete Thoughts

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We will dwell upon the one topic of unquestioned interest and timeliness among mathematicians: gossip. Or rather, to use an acceptable euphemism, we will deal with the history of mathematics.

To Adriano Garsia on his sixty-fifth birthday

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Gian-Carlo Rota

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

    Fabrizio Palombi

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Rota, GC. (1997). Combinatorics, Representation Theory and Invariant Theory. In: Palombi, F. (eds) Indiscrete Thoughts. Modern Birkhäuser Classics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4781-0_3

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