Let m[lambda] be the monomial symmetric functions in the negative shift operators A[1],A[2],A[3], in the discrete variables a1,a2,a3 respectively, corresponding to the partition lambda The recurrence satisfied by / 2 2\a1 / 2 2\a2 / 2 2\a3 |x1 + x1 x2 + x2 | |x1 + x1 x3 + x3 | |x2 + x2 x3 + x3 | |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| | 2 | | 2 | | 2 | \ x3 / \ x2 / \ x1 / and hence by its constant terms is -4/3 m[1, 2, 3] + 1/6 - 17/6 m[2, 3, 3] + 5/2 m[2, 3, 4] - 11/6 m[1, 1, 1] + m[2, 2] - 1/3 m[2, 2, 2] + 3 m[3, 3, 4] + 1/2 m[2, 2, 4] + 25/6 m[1, 2, 2] - 41/6 m[2, 2, 3] + 1/2 m[1, 4, 4] + 1/6 m[4, 4] + 1/3 m[1, 3, 4] - 17/6 m[1, 3, 3] - 2/3 m[3, 3] + 3/2 m[2, 4, 4] + 6 m[3, 3, 3] - 2/3 m[1, 1] + 5/3 m[1, 1, 2] --------------- This took, 10.619, seconds