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On the Location of the Maximum Stirling Number(s) of the Second Kind
Author(s) -
Canfield E. Rodney
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1002/sapm197859183
Subject(s) - stirling engine , mathematics , stirling numbers of the first kind , stirling number , integer (computer science) , value (mathematics) , stirling numbers of the second kind , combinatorics , physics , thermodynamics , statistics , computer science , programming language
Let S ( n, k ) denote Stirling numbers of the second kind, and K n be the integer(s) such that S ( n, K n ) ⩾ S ( n, k ) for all k . We determine the value(s) of K n to within a maximum error of 1.