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Gave degree-sensitive enumeration formulas for labelled trees and extended the tree-counting framework in the short 1889 paper now associated with Cayley's formula.
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The record is Cayley's sole-author 1889 note. The paper cites earlier work by Borchardt and is not treated as sole origin of every form or proof of the n^(n-2) formula; Prüfer codes and later matrix-tree proofs remain separate.
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- Göttingen digitized Quarterly Journal volume containing Cayley paper
- Cambridge collected-paper record for A theorem on trees
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Arthur Cayley
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Cayley: a theorem on trees
Gave degree-sensitive enumeration formulas for labelled trees and extended the tree-counting framework in the short 1889 paper now associated with Cayley's formula.
Scientific scope
The record is Cayley's sole-author 1889 note. The paper cites earlier work by Borchardt and is not treated as sole origin of every form or proof of the n^(n-2) formula; Prüfer codes and later matrix-tree proofs remain separate.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Arthur Cayley
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.