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Named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880–1968), a Russian and Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bernstein basis polynomial
Today it means: Any polynomial of the form b_i,n(t)=n choose itⁱ(1-t)ⁿ⁻ⁱ!!, being the iᵗʰ term of the binomial expansion of (t+(1-t))ⁿ!. Full definition →