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Weighted Burnside lemma

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For an orbit-invariant weight w on a finite group action G↷X, the sum of one weight per orbit is ∣G∣−1∑g​∑x:gx=x​w(x). Double counting gives ∑x​∣Gx​∣w(x) before dividing by ∣G∣; each orbit contributes ∣G∣ copies of its common weight. Thus the usual Burnside's lemma extends to weights in any commutative coefficient ring.

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