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MathNet 2023-part-01 — 191 problems (EN–VI) Question 91

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2023-part-01 — 191 problems (EN–VI)

Question 91

For positive integers $n$, $k$ let $S(n, k)$ be the number of ways to partition a set with $n$ elements into $k$ non-empty parts. For example $S(3, 2) = 3$, because there are three ways to partition the set $\{1, 2, 3\}$ into two parts. For another example, $S(4, 2) = 7$.
Let $p$ be a prime number, and $m$, $n$ positive integers such that $p-1 \mid m-n$. Prove that $S(m, i) \equiv S(n, i) \pmod{p}$ for all $i = 1, 2, \dots, p-1$.