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Stirling number

important functions in combinatorics
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Stirling number

Summary

Stirling number is a mathematical concept[1]. It draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #138 of 1,007).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stirling number's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[3].
  • James Stirling is named after Stirling number[4].
  • Stirling number's subclass of is recorded as integer-valued function[5].
  • Stirling number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nl_1[6].
  • Stirling number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 168902406[7].
  • Stirling number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C168902406[8].

Why It Matters

Stirling number draws 140 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_concept category, ranking #138 of 1,007).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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