Stirling numbers of the first kind
sub Stirling1 (Int \n, Int \k) {
return 1 unless n || k;
return 0 unless n && k;
state %seen;
(%seen{"{n - 1}|{k - 1}"} //= Stirling1(n - 1, k - 1)) +
(n - 1) * (%seen{"{n - 1}|{k}"} //= Stirling1(n - 1, k))
}
my $upto = 12;
my $mx = (1..^$upto).map( { Stirling1($upto, $_) } ).max.chars;
put 'Unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind: S1(n, k):';
put 'n\k', (0..$upto)».fmt: "%{$mx}d";
for 0..$upto -> $row {
$row.fmt('%-3d').print;
put (0..$row).map( { Stirling1($row, $_) } )».fmt: "%{$mx}d";
}
say "\nMaximum value from the S1(100, *) row:";
say (^100).map( { Stirling1 100, $_ } ).max;Output:
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