We describe proofs of the standard generating formulas for unsigned and signed Stirling numbers of the first kind that follow from a natural combinatorial interpretation based on cycle-colored permutations.
On an alternating sum of factorials and Stirling numbers of the first kind: trees, lattices, and games
Restricted 132-Dumont permutations
Total positivity from a kind of lattice paths
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