Stirling Polynomial
Polynomials
which form the Sheffer sequence for
where
is the inverse function of
, and have generating function
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(3)
|
The first few polynomials are
The Stirling polynomials are related to the Stirling numbers of the first kind
by
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(8)
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where
is a binomial coefficient and
is an integer with
(Roman 1984, p. 129).
REFERENCES:
Erdélyi, A.; Magnus, W.; Oberhettinger, F.; and Tricomi, F. G. Higher Transcendental Functions, Vol. 3. New York: Krieger, p. 257, 1981.
Roman, S. "The Stirling Polynomials." §4.8 in The Umbral Calculus. New York: Academic Press, pp. 128-129, 1984.