Function stirlingS2 #

The Stirling numbers of the second kind, counts the number of ways to partition a set of n labelled objects into k nonempty unlabelled subsets. stirlingS2 only takes integer arguments. The following condition must be enforced: k <= n.

If n = k or k = 1 <= n, then s(n,k) = 1 If k = 0 < n, then s(n,k) = 0

Note that if either n or k is supplied as a BigNumber, the result will be as well.

Syntax #

math.stirlingS2(n, k)

Parameters #

Parameter Type Description
n Number | BigNumber Total number of objects in the set
k Number | BigNumber Number of objects in the subset

Returns #

Type Description
Number | BigNumber S(n,k)

Throws #

Type | Description —- | ———–

Examples #

math.stirlingS2(5, 3) //returns 25

See also #

bellNumbers

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