Bell number en · NOUN
Etymology
Named after Eric Temple Bell, who wrote about them in the 1930s.
Meanings
- Any member of a sequence of numbers that count the possible partitions of a set, such that the nth number Bₙ is the number of different ways to partition a set that has exactly n elements.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell numbers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |