Maxima Function
burn (n)
Returns the n'th Bernoulli number for integer n.
burn
may be more efficient than bern
for large, isolated n
(perhaps n greater than 105 or so),
as bern
computes all the Bernoulli numbers up to index n before returning.
burn
exploits the observation that (rational) Bernoulli numbers can be
approximated by (transcendental) zetas with tolerable efficiency.
load ("bffac")
loads this function.