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Sum with Stirling numbers of the second kind
Let $wt(n)$ be A000120, number of $1$'s in binary expansion of $n$ (or the binary weight of $n$)
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$$n=2^{t_1}(1+2^{t_2+1}(1+\dots(1+2^{t_{wt(n)}+1}))\dots)$$
Then we have an integer sequence given ...
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Simple/efficient representation of Stirling numbers of the first kind
Stirling numbers of the second kind can be expressed by means of a simple hypergeometric (considering $n$ fixed) sum
$$S_2(n,k) = \frac{1}{k!}\sum_{j=0}^{k}(-1)^{k-j}{k \choose j} j^n. \qquad (1)$$
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Determinant of matrix with Stirling numbers as elements
After noticing that the determinant of an $n \times n$ matrix $A_n$ with elements $a_{i,j}=i^j$, $1 \le i \le n$, $1 \le j \le n$, is the superfactorial (product of the first $n$ factorials), I wanted ...
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Positivity of a finite sum involving Stirling numbers of the first kind
Past days I've been trying to prove that certain polynomials have positive coefficients. After a lot of thinking, I came up with a formula for each coefficient individually, and they are not that ugly....
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A combinatorial bound involving Stirling numbers of the second type
My previous question was solved in a very elegant way, hopefully this (seemingly more complicated) case is also easy for experts.
I need the inequality
$\Big(\prod^r_{i=1}p_i\Big)\sum^n_{j=0}(-1)^j\...
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Show that $\sum_{i=0}^{2k} [ {n\choose i+1} + (-1)^{i+1}{n+i+1\choose i+1} ] \sum_{j=0}^i {i\choose j}(-1)^j (i+1-j)^{2k} =0.$
Let $u(k,j) = 1$ if $j=0$, $0$ if $j > k$, or else it is $j*u(k-1,j-1) +(j+1)*u(k-1,j) $. Prove that $ \sum_{i=0}^{2k} {n \choose i+1} u(2k,i) +\sum_{i=0}^{2k} {-n-1 \choose i+1} u(2k,i)=0. $ ...