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kind: concept
name: Bernoulli number
msc: [11B68]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_number
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q694114
  wikipedia: Bernoulli number
---

## Summary

The Bernoulli numbers are a sequence of rational numbers $B_n$, the coefficients of $t^n / n!$ in the expansion of $t / (e^t - 1)$.
The [[definition of the Bernoulli numbers|0RAS24E1R5]] gives the precise form.