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ISL 1989 Problem 43

    The expressions a+b+c,ab+ac+bc,a + b + c, ab + ac + bc, and abcabc are called the elementary symmetric expressions on the three letters a,b,c;a, b, c; symmetric because if we interchange any two letters, say aa and c,c, the expressions remain algebraically the same. The common degree of its terms is called the order of the expression. Let Sk(n)S_k(n) denote the elementary expression on kk different letters of order n;n; for example S4(3)=abc+abd+acd+bcd.S_4(3) = abc + abd + acd + bcd. There are four terms in S4(3).S_4(3). How many terms are there in S9891(1989)?S_{9891}(1989)? (Assume that we have 98919891 different letters.)

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