R: Compute the Bell numbers

Bell {multicool} | R Documentation

## Compute the Bell numbers

### Description

This function computes the Bell numbers, which is the summ of Stirling numbers of the second kind, S(n, k), over k, i.e.

B_n = ∑_{k=1}^{n}S(n, k),n ≥ 1

### Usage

    Bell(n)

### Arguments

`n` | A vector of one or more non-zero positive integers

### Value

An vector of Bell numbers

### Author(s)

James Curran

### References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_numbers_of_the_second_kind#Recurrence_relation

### See Also

Stirling2

### Examples

    ## returns B(6)
    Bell(6)

    ## returns B(1), B(2), ..., B(6)
    B(1:6)

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