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On Some Numbers Related to the Bell Numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Stephen M. Tanny
Stephen M. Tanny*
Affiliation:
Economic Council of Canada Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
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Abstract

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The Bell numbers Bn can be defined by Bn= 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 .

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , February 1975 , pp. 733 - 738
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1975

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