On the Uniqueness Conjecture for the Maximum Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind

The Stirling numbers of the second kind S(n,  k) satisfy S(n, 0)<¿<S(n, kn)=S(n, kn+1)>¿>S(n, n).A long standing conjecture asserts that there exists no n= 3 such that S(n, kn) = S(n, kn+ 1). In this note, we give a characterization of this conjecture in terms of multinom...

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Autores: Adell J.A., Cárdenas-Morales D.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Zaragoza
Repositorio:Zaguán. Repositorio Digital de la Universidad de Zaragoza
OAI Identifier:oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118138
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Resumo:The Stirling numbers of the second kind S(n,  k) satisfy S(n, 0)<¿<S(n, kn)=S(n, kn+1)>¿>S(n, n).A long standing conjecture asserts that there exists no n= 3 such that S(n, kn) = S(n, kn+ 1). In this note, we give a characterization of this conjecture in terms of multinomial probabilities, as well as sufficient conditions on n ensuring that S(n, kn) > S(n, kn+ 1). © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.