Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4650715 | Discrete Mathematics | 2006 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Stirling numbers of the first and second kinds, s(n,k)s(n,k) and S(n,k)S(n,k), may be defined by means of recurrence relations together with a set of initial values. This paper discusses the ambiguities that arise within this prescription when n takes negative values.
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Authors
David Branson,