A unified approach to generalized Stirling numbers (Q1271153)
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A unified approach to generalized Stirling numbers (English)
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8 June 1999
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Set \((z| \alpha)_n =z(z-\alpha) \cdots (z-n \alpha+ \alpha)\) and \((z | \alpha)_0=1\). For complex parameters \((\alpha, \beta,r) \neq(0,0,0)\), the paper studies the inverse relations \[ (t|\alpha)_n=\sum^n_{k=0} S^1(n,k) (t-r | \beta)_k \quad \text{and} \quad (t | \beta)_n =\sum^n_{k=0} S^2(n,k) (t+r | \alpha)_k. \] The resulting generalized Stirling numbers include binomial coefficients, Lah numbers, signless Stirling numbers, and many other generalized Stirling numbers. Generating functions and Dobinski-type formulae are also given.
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generating functions
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Stirling numbers
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binomial coefficients
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Lah numbers
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