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Hi all, At 12:19 17.01.99 -1000, Ralph Freese wrote: > >Nice! > >I did note that you didn't need to have the n_ since it is not used. So >it can be simplified a little to: > >STIRLING2(n, k) := ITERATE(APPEND(v_, [0]) + INSERT_ELEMENT(0, v_), >v_, [1], k) VECTOR((-1)^(k - j_) j_^n, j_, 0, k)/k! > > Ralph > Well, I could have said that I was just testing the reader's attentiveness, but the truth is that I was simply struck with blindness. All I can say in my defence is that I have noticed this obvious flaw myself shortly after, but Ralph beat me to it. Nevertheless, many thanks for pointing it out. Now it should be really the "ultimate" STIRLING2 (at last!) Cheers, Johann _______________________________________________________________________ Johann Wiesenbauer Institut f. Algebra und Computermathematik der Technischen Universitaet Wien Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A1040-Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 58801 11813 Fax: +43 1 58801 11899 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%