Stirling polynomial
Stirling’s polynomials are defined by the generating function
The sequence is of binomial type, since . Moreover, this basic recursion holds: .
These are the first polynomials:
- 1.
;
- 2.
;
- 3.
;
- 4.
;
- 5.
.
In addition we have these special values:
- 1.
, where denotes Stirling numbers of the second kind. Conversely, ;
- 2.
;
- 3.
, where are Bernoulli’s numbers;
- 4.
;
- 5.
;
- 6.
;
- 7.
, where are Stirling numbers of the first kind. They may be recovered by .
Explicit representations involving Stirling numbers can be deduced with Lagrange’s interpolation formula:
These following formulae hold as well: