Bernoulli numbers

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf integer sequence
gptkbp:application gptkb:topology
gptkb:K-theory
modular forms
numerical analysis
finite differences
series expansions
calculation of sums of integer powers
special values of the Riemann zeta function
gptkbp:B_1 -1/2
gptkbp:B_10 5/66
gptkbp:B_12 -691/2730
gptkbp:B_14 7/6
gptkbp:B_16 -3617/510
gptkbp:B_18 43867/798
gptkbp:B_2 1/6
gptkbp:B_20 -174611/330
gptkbp:B_4 -1/30
gptkbp:B_6 1/42
gptkbp:B_8 -1/30
gptkbp:category integer sequences
special numbers
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Jacob_Bernoulli
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1713
gptkbp:evenIndexedNonzero true
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:first_terms 1
-1/2
1/6
gptkbp:generatingFunction x/(e^x - 1)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bernoulli numbers
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Jacob_Bernoulli
gptkbp:notation B_n
gptkbp:oddIndexedNonzero false (except B_1)
gptkbp:OEIS gptkb:A000367
gptkbp:recurrence B_0 = 1, sum_{k=0}^{n} (n+1 choose k) B_k = 0 for n > 0
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Euler_numbers
gptkb:Stirling_numbers
gptkb:Tangent_numbers
gptkb:Faulhaber's_formula
gptkbp:sequence rational numbers
alternating sign
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Riemann_zeta_function
gptkb:Euler–Maclaurin_formula
analysis
calculus
number theory
combinatorics
summation of powers
gptkbp:zeroOddIndex true (except B_1)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Riemann_zeta_function
gptkb:Riemann_zeta_function_(when_χ_is_trivial)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5