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Bernoulli numbers

Bernoulli numbers is the plural of Bernoulli number.

Meaning of Bernoulli number

Noun

Bernoulli number (plural Bernoulli numbers)

  1. Any one of the rational numbers in a sequence of such that appears in numerous contexts, including formulae for sums of integer powers and certain power series expansions.
    • The assertion about the value of the zeta function at negative integers then comes immediately from the definition of the Bernoulli numbers in terms of the coefficients of a power series, namely
      t/(eᵗ-1)=∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲B_n(tⁿ)/(n!)1993, Serge Lang, Complex Analysis, Springer, 3rd Edition, page 418

Questions about Bernoulli numbers

What is Bernoulli numbers the plural of?
Bernoulli numbers is the plural of Bernoulli number.

Words near Bernoulli numbers in the dictionary

  1. Bernoulli distribution
  2. Bernoulli distributions
  3. Bernoulli effect
  4. Bernoulli effects
  5. Bernoulli number
  6. Bernoulli numbers
  7. Bernoulli polynomial
  8. Bernoulli polynomials
  9. Bernoulli process
  10. Bernoulli processes
  11. Bernoulli trial

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