Minimal multiplier for realizability of Stirling-number sequences
Ascertain, for each integer k ≥ 1, the minimal constant multiplier C_k such that the sequence S_k = (Stirling numbers of the second kind S(n+k−1, k)) becomes realizable; specifically, determine whether finite computations of the least common multiple of the denominators in the sequence (1/n)∑_{d|n} μ(n/d) S(d+k−1, k) reach (k−1)! or otherwise provide the exact minimal value C_k.
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If in calculating the first few terms (or indeed the first few thousand terms) this least common multiple reaches~$(k-1)!$ then this certainly is the minimal multiplier needed. If---as is usually the case---this does not happen, then it is not clear at any stage if the minimal value has really been computed.
— Patrick Moss 25/10/1947--17/3/2024
(2404.03464 - Ward, 4 Apr 2024) in Subsection "The Fibonacci Sequence" (discussion of Stirling numbers)