Concavity properties and a generating function for stirling numbers

Elliott H. Lieb

doi:10.1016/S0021-9800(68)80057-2

Concavity properties and a generating function for stirling numbers

Elliott H. Lieb

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The Stirling numbers of the first kind, S_N^k, and of the second kind, δ_N^k, are shown to be strongly logarithmically concave as functions of k for fixed N. This result is stronger than the unimodality conjecture which was heretofore proved only for δ_N^k (Harper). We also introduce a generating function for the δ_N^k which is different from the conventional one but which has a relatively simple closed form expression.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	203-206
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Combinatorial Theory
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9800(68)80057-2
State	Published - Sep 1968

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