Concavity properties and a generating function for stirling numbers

DOI10.1016/S0021-9800(68)80057-2zbMath0164.33002OpenAlexW2143386877MaRDI QIDQ5549084

Elliott H. Lieb

Publication date: 1968

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9800(68)80057-2

zbMATH Keywords

generating functionStirling numbers of the second kindConcavityStirling numbers of the first kindinequality of Newton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Bell and Stirling numbers (11B73)

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