On an Identity Involving Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind
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We investigate two generalized forms for the recurrence relation S(n, k) = kS(n - 1, k) + S(n - 1, k - 1). From these generalized forms, we derive a new identity, for which a proof of the identity is given.
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