Stirling transform

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In combinatorial mathematics, the Stirling transform of a sequence { an : n = 1, 2, 3, ... } of numbers is the sequence { bn : n = 1, 2, 3, ... } given by

where is the Stirling number of the second kind, also denoted S(n,k) (with a capital S), which is the number of partitions of a set of size n into k parts.

The inverse transform is

where s(n,k) (with a lower-case s) is a Stirling number of the first kind.

Berstein and Sloane (cited below) state "If an is the number of objects in some class with points labeled 1, 2, ..., n (with all labels distinct, i.e. ordinary labeled structures), then bn is the number of objects with points labeled 1, 2, ..., n (with repetitions allowed)."

If

is a formal power series, and

with an and bn as above, then

Likewise, the inverse transform leads to the generating function identity

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References[]

  • Bernstein, M.; Sloane, N. J. A. (1995). "Some canonical sequences of integers". Linear Algebra and its Applications. 226/228: 57–72. arXiv:math/0205301. doi:10.1016/0024-3795(94)00245-9..
  • Khristo N. Boyadzhiev, Notes on the Binomial Transform, Theory and Table, with Appendix on the Stirling Transform (2018), World Scientific.
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