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The q-Stirling numbers of both kinds are specializations of the complete or elementary symmetric functions. In this note, we use this fact to prove that the q-Stirling numbers can be expressed in terms of the q-binomial coefficients and vice versa.
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The author expresses his gratitude to Oana Merca for the careful reading of the manuscript and helpful remarks.
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Merca, M. (2014). A Note on q-Stirling Numbers. In: Milovanović, G., Rassias, M. (eds) Analytic Number Theory, Approximation Theory, and Special Functions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0258-3_9
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