Etymology

Bernoulli polynomial

Today it means: Any member of a certain group of polynomials remarkable in that the number of crossings of the x-axis in the unit interval does not go up as the degree of the polynomials goes up. Full definition →

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Named after Jacob Bernoulli.

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