KnowraStirling numbers of the second kindLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Stirling numbers of the second kind, each with the reason it gives.All 10Related 6Compared with 4Binomial coefficientCompared with: It counts set partitions, not selections of a single subset.Stirling's approximationCompared with: Despite the shared name, these combinatorial numbers are distinct from Stirling's approximation.Stars and barsCompared with: It counts partitions of distinct objects, unlike distributions of identical objects.Lah numberCompared with: Removing the order inside each Lah block yields this less restrictive partition count.