Weak asymptotics for the generating polynomials of the Stirling numbers of the second kind (Q5933476)

The Stirling numbers of second kind \(S(n,k)\) are defined by the double generating function NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\exp\bigl\{ z(e^u-1) \bigr\}=1+ \sum_{1\leq k\leq n< \infty}S(n,k) {u^n\over n!}z^k\;(z,u\in\mathbb{C}).NEWLINE\]NEWLINE In this paper, the author studies the asymptotic zero distribution of the horizontal generating functions \(P_n(z)= \sum^n_{k=1} S(n,k)z^k\) of the \(S(n,k)\). He shows that the sequence of the distribution functions \(F_n\) of the zeros of \(P_n(nz)\) converges weakly and he determines the limit distribution by using the Stieltjes transformation.