Some Identities Involving Second Kind Stirling Numbers of Types $B$ and $D$

Abstract

Using Reiner's definition of Stirling numbers of the second kind in types $B$ and $D$, we generalize two well-known identities concerning the classical Stirling numbers of the second kind. The first identity relates them with Eulerian numbers and the second identity interprets them as entries in a transition matrix between the elements of two standard bases of the polynomial ring $\mathbb{R}[x]$. Finally, we generalize these identities to the group of colored permutations $G_{m,n}$.