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The peak of noncentral Stirling numbers of the first kind. (English) Zbl 1393.11022

Summary: We locate the peak of the distribution of noncentral Stirling numbers of the first kind by determining the value of the index corresponding to the maximum value of the distribution.

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11B73 Bell and Stirling numbers
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