...$\{a_0, a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots\}$.¹

In this representation, all streams are infinite: a finite polynomial will be represented as a stream with an infinite number of trailing zeroes.

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The Bernoulli numbers arise in a wide variety of applications involving power series and approximations. They were introduced by Jacob Bernoulli in 1713.

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