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Fast recursion formula for weight multiplicities
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1982), 237-242
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Additional Information
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 7 (1982), 237-242
  • MSC (1980): Primary 17B10; Secondary 22E46, 17B20
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15021-2
  • MathSciNet review: 656202