Abstract
Consider a function with a power series expansion and roots . We give two methods for obtaining the sums of powers of these roots, The first is by expressing Girard's formula in terms of Bell polynomials. Explicit expressions are given for for . The second method is through generating functions.
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Acknowledgments
This note was inspired by reading [Citation2]. The authors would like to thank the Editor and the referee for careful reading and comments which greatly improved the paper.
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