A Recurrence Relation for Bernoulli Numbers

Abstract

Inspired by a result of Saalsch¨utz, we prove a recurrence relation forBernoulli numbers. This recurrence relation has an interesting connection with real cyclotomic fields.

Keywords

• Bernoulli numbers, cyclotomic fields, Newton’s identities.

A Recurrence Relation for Bernoulli Numbers

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