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A combinatorial proof of the Cayley-Hamilton theorem

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Howard Straubing

Department of Mathematics, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202, USA


Received 4 February 1982. 
Available online 29 July 2002.

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An elementary combinatorial proof of the Cayley-Hamilton theorem is given. At the conclusion of the proof I discuss a connection with a combinatorial theory developed by Foata and Cartier.

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