q-Stirling numbers: a new view

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\(q\)-Stirling numbers: a new view



Abstract: We show the classical q-Stirling numbers of the second kind can be expressed compactly as a pair of statistics on a subset of restricted growth words. The resulting expressions are polynomials in q and 1+q. We extend this enumerative result via a decomposition of a new poset Pi(n,k) which we call the Stirling poset of the second kind. Its rank generating function is the q-Stirling number Sq[n,k]. The Stirling poset of the second kind supports an algebraic complex and a basis for integer homology is determined. A parallel enumerative, poset theoretic and homological study for the q-Stirling numbers of the first kind is done. Letting t=1+q we give a bijective argument showing the (q,t)-Stirling numbers of the first and second kind are orthogonal.





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