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If A has no size-zero objects then PSET(A) has generating function n1(1+xn)an

Statement

Let A be a combinatorial class with no size-zero objects, and write

A(x)=n1anxn.

Then PSET(A) is a combinatorial class and

OGF(PSET(A))=n1(1+xn)an.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A combinatorial class A with no size-zero objects and counting sequence (an)n1.

[L1]

Summable formal families may be regrouped and rearranged, distribute over multiplication, and have well-defined locally finite products (Summable formal families may be regrouped and rearranged, distribute over multiplication, and have well-defined locally finite products).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For one fixed object uA of size n1, a powerset object either omits u or includes it once, so the contribution of u is the two-term series 1+xn.

construct
2.1

A powerset object is a simultaneous yes-or-no choice for every object of A. Since every object has positive size, only finitely many such choices can affect a fixed degree, so the per-object factors of step 1.1 form a locally finite product that can be regrouped by [L1]. This also shows that each size layer of PSET(A) is finite.

step 1.1L1
3.1

For each n1 there are exactly an objects of size n, and each contributes one factor 1+xn. Regrouping the locally finite product of step 2.1 therefore gives OGF(PSET(A))=n1(1+xn)an.

step 2.1L1

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