Stirling Numbers Unpacked: From Shuffles to Partitions

A friendly deep-dive into Stirling numbers of the first kind, second kind, and Lah numbers. We’ll explore how these counts describe cycles in permutations, ways to partition sets, and ordered groupings, with simple examples, recurrence tricks, and the surprising matrix connections that link them together.

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