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:
Unsigned Stirling numbers of the first kind: S1(n, k):
n\k 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
0 1
1 0 1
2 0 1 1
3 0 2 3 1
4 0 6 11 6 1
5 0 24 50 35 10 1
6 0 120 274 225 85 15 1
7 0 720 1764 1624 735 175 21 1
8 0 5040 13068 13132 6769 1960 322 28 1
9 0 40320 109584 118124 67284 22449 4536 546 36 1
10 0 362880 1026576 1172700 723680 269325 63273 9450 870 45 1
11 0 3628800 10628640 12753576 8409500 3416930 902055 157773 18150 1320 55 1
12 0 39916800 120543840 150917976 105258076 45995730 13339535 2637558 357423 32670 1925 66 1
Maximum value from the S1(100, *) row:
19710908747055261109287881673376044669240511161402863823515728791076863288440277983854056472903481625299174865860036734731122707870406148096000000000000000000