"Bell number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Bell numbers [plural]
Etymology: Named after Eric Temple Bell, who wrote about them in the 1930s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bell number (plural Bell numbers)
  1. (combinatorics) 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. Wikipedia link: Bell number Categories (topical): Combinatorics

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