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    The periodic antiderivatives $Q_k$ are Bernoulli polynomials, and $\zeta(2k)$ in terms of $B_{2k}$

    E-SS6.PR-4

    Area
    Complex Analysis
    Topics
    Bernoulli Numbers, Zeta Function
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    \(4 . ^ { * }\) The functions \(Q _ { k }\) in the previous problem are related to the Bernoulli polynomials \(B _ { k } ( x )\) by the formula

    \[ Q _ {k} (x) = \frac {B _ {k + 1} (x)}{(k + 1) !} \quad \text {for} \quad 0 \leq x \leq 1. \]

    Also, if k is a positive integer, then

    \[ 2 \zeta (2 k) = (- 1) ^ {k + 1} \frac {(2 \pi) ^ {2 k}}{(2 k) !} B _ {2 k}, \]

    where \(B _ { k } = B _ { k } ( 0 )\) are the Bernoulli numbers. For the definition of \(B _ { k } ( x )\) and \(B _ { k }\) see Chapter 3 in Book I.

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