Infinite series, probably related to Fourier transform?

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Homework Statement


A function f(x) has the following series expansion: ##f(x)=\sum _{n=0}^\infty \frac{c_n x^n}{n!}##.
Write down the function ##g(y)=\sum _{n=0}^\infty c_n y^n## under a closed form in function of f(x).

Homework Equations


Not sure at all.


The Attempt at a Solution


Totally stuck.
I've tried to write the first few terms of both series and it basically looks like I'm asked to write a sort of exponential function in terms of a polynomial of infinite degree or something similar to this.
Really, I think I need a tip because I'm totally stuck. That problem appears after the end of a chapter on integral transforms in Mathews and Walker's book on mathematical methods in physics.
 
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