Stirling numbers of the second kind

Content created by Fredrik Bakke, Jonathan Prieto-Cubides and Egbert Rijke.

Created on 2022-02-15.
Last modified on 2023-05-13.

module elementary-number-theory.stirling-numbers-of-the-second-kind where
Imports 
open import elementary-number-theory.addition-natural-numbers
open import elementary-number-theory.multiplication-natural-numbers
open import elementary-number-theory.natural-numbers

Idea

The stirling number of the second kind {n m} is the number of surjective maps from the standard n-element set to the standard m-element set

Definition

stirling-number-second-kind : ℕ → ℕ → ℕ
stirling-number-second-kind zero-ℕ zero-ℕ = 1
stirling-number-second-kind zero-ℕ (succ-ℕ n) = 0
stirling-number-second-kind (succ-ℕ m) zero-ℕ = 0
stirling-number-second-kind (succ-ℕ m) (succ-ℕ n) =
  ( (succ-ℕ n) *ℕ (stirling-number-second-kind m (succ-ℕ n))) +ℕ
  ( stirling-number-second-kind m n)

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