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On a curious property of Bell numbers

Number Theory 2010-08-10 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

In this paper we derive congruences expressing Bell numbers and derangement numbers in terms of each other modulo any prime.

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@article{arxiv.1008.1573,
  title  = {On a curious property of Bell numbers},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun and Don Zagier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1573},
  year   = {2010}
}

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6 pages