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I need to find Cayley's formula for the number of linearly independent invariants of homogenous polynomials. This is a combinatorial formula. He is believed to have discovered it in 1854. Unfortunately I can't find it online and it is not available in any book that I know of. Note that this formula is different from the formula used for graphs.

Please help me!

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    Furthermore [this](http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Arthur_Cayley.aspx) entry would seem to imply that the majority of Cayley's work on the topic was published in the ten 'Memoirs on Quantics' (which they mistakenly spell as quanties). Fortunately, all ten are available on JSTOR [here](http://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Arthur+Cayley%22+Memoir+Quantics&gw=jtx&prq=au%3A%22Arthur+Cayley%22+Memoirs+Quantics&Search=Search&hp=25&wc=on). Based on the encyclopedia, the First or Second memoir seems the most likely source for the expression.2012-05-11

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