Canadian Mathematical Bulletin · 1975 · 89 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsAlgebraNumber TheoryGenerating FunctionsBell NumbersStirling Numbers
Abstract The Bell numbers B n can be defined by B n = where S(n, k) is t n e Stirling number of the second kind. In this note we employ a technique developed by Rota (which formalizes the umbral calculus) to derive a veriety of facts concerning the related numbers and polynomials .
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Calculus of Finite Differences.
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