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"ref": "1954, George Pólya, Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 1: Induction and Analogy in Mathematics, Princeton University Press, page 101",
"text": "A generating function is a device somewhat similar to a bag. Instead of carrying many little objects detachedly, which could be embarrassing, we put them all in a bag, and then we have only one object to carry, the bag.",
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"ref": "1990, Herbert S. Wilf, generatingfunctionology, Academic Press, page 2",
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