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In a rather straightforward manner, we develop the well-known formula for the Stirling numbers of the first kind in terms of the (exponential) complete Bell polynomials where the arguments include the generalised harmonic numbers. We also…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2010-02-06 Donal F. Connon

Since 1950s, mathematicians have successfully interpreted the traditional Eulerian numbers and $q-$Eulerian numbers combinatorially. In this paper, the authors give a combinatorial interpretation to the general Eulerian numbers defined on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-01 Tingyao Xiong , Jonathan I. Hall , Hung-ping Tsao

Ordering identities in the Weyl-Heisenberg algebra generated by single-mode boson operators are investigated. A boson string composed of creation and annihilation operators can be expanded as a linear combination of other such strings, the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Robert S. Maier

We introduce new refinements of the Bell, factorial, and unsigned Stirling numbers of the first and second kind that unite the derangement, involution, associated factorial, associated Bell, incomplete Stirling, restricted factorial,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-10 Tanay Wakhare

Let $w$ be a word in alphabet $\{x,D\}$ with $m$ $x$'s and $n$ $D$'s. Interpreting "$x$" as multiplication by $x$, and "$D$" as differentiation with respect to $x$, the identity $wf(x) = x^{m-n}\sum_k S_w(k) x^k D^k f(x)$, valid for any…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-24 John Engbers , David Galvin , Justin Hilyard

By considering Eulerian numbers and ordered Stirling numbers of the second and third kinds over a multiset, we generalize identities of Eulerian numbers and Stirling numbers of the second and third kinds and provide $q$-analogs of these…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-09-07 Joon Yop Lee

In this paper, by using some families of special numbers and polynomials with their generating functions, we give various properties of these numbers and polynomials. These numbers are related to the well-known numbers and polynomials,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-24 Yilmaz Simsek

We define a new family of generalized Stirling permutations that can be interpreted in terms of ordered trees and forests. We prove that the number of generalized Stirling permutations with a fixed number of ascents is given by a natural…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 J. Fernando Barbero G. , Jesús Salas , Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

In the present paper we generalize the Eulerian numbers (also of the second and third orders). The generalization is connected with an autonomous first-order differential equation, solutions of which are used to obtain integral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-07-07 Grzegorz Rzadkowski , Malgorzata Urlinska

This paper introduces a novel generalization of Stirling and Lah numbers, termed ``heterogeneous Stirling numbers," which smoothly interpolate between these classical combinatorial sequences. Specifically, we define heterogeneous Stirling…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Taekyun Kim , Dae San Kim

Let Y be a random variable satisfying specific moment conditions. This paper introduces and investigates probabilistic heterogeneous Stirling numbers of the second kind and probabilistic heterogeneous Bell polynomials. These structures…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Taekyun Kim , Dae San Kim

Article presents a short investigation into some properties of the Moser polynomials which appear in various problems from algebraic combinatorics. For instance, these polynomials can be used to solve the Generalized Moser's Problem on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Dmitri Fomin

We consider generalized Stirling numbers of the second kind $% S_{a,b,r}^{\alpha_{s},\beta_{s},r_{s},p_{s}}\left( p,k\right) $, $% k=0,1,\ldots .rp+\sum_{s=2}^{L}r_{s}p_{s}$, where $a,b,\alpha_{s},\beta_{s} $ are complex numbers, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-19 Claudio Pita-Ruiz

In this study we revisit the telephone exchange problem. We discuss a generalization of the telephone exchange problem by discuss two generalizations of the Bessel polynomials. We study combinatorial properties of these polynomials, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Sithembele Nkonkobe

We give a combinatorial proof of an identity that involves Eulerian numbers and was obtained algebraically by Brenti and Welker (2009). To do so, we study alcoved triangulations of dilated hypersimplices. As a byproduct, we describe the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-31 Jerónimo Valencia-Porras

We introduce a novel generalization of deranged Bell numbers by defining the partial deranged Bell numbers $w_{n,r}$, which count the number of set partitions of $\left[ n\right] $ with exactly $r$ fixed blocks, while the remaining blocks…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Yahia Djemmada , Levent Kargın , Mümün Can

We generalize the Stirling numbers of the first kind $s(a,k)$ to the case where $a$ may be an arbitrary real number. In particular, we study the case in which $a$ is an integer. There, we discover new combinatorial properties held by the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Daniel E. Loeb

The Jacobi-Stirling numbers of the first and second kinds were introduced in 2006 in the spectral theory and are polynomial refinements of the Legendre-Stirling numbers. Andrews and Littlejohn have recently given a combinatorial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-05-20 Yoann Gelineau , Jiang Zeng

This work deals with a new generalization of $r$-Stirling numbers using $l$-tuple of permutations and partitions called $(l,r)$-Stirling numbers of both kinds. We study various properties of these numbers using combinatorial interpretations…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-01-28 Hacène Belbachir , Yahia Djemmada

In this note, we provide bijective proofs of some identities involving the Bell number, as previously requested. Our arguments may be extended to yield a generalization in terms of complete Bell polynomials. We also provide a further…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Mark Shattuck