Consider functions of one variable whose domain and range are both
{0,1,2,...,n-1}. There are n^n possible functions. How many of these
are linear [i.e. F(a+b) = F(a) + F(b) + c, where c is the same for all
a,b (if it were different, that would be trivial)]? For any one
definition of +, there will be some number; I'm interested in the sum
over all definitions of + that satisfy the usual requirements of
associativity, commutativity, additive identity, etc.
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Mike Stay
Programmer / Crypto guy
AccessData Corp.
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