The bridge functions are infinite series of irreducible diagrams D i {\displaystyle D_{i}} :
and
where ρ {\displaystyle \rho } is the density of the fluid.
![{\displaystyle B^{(2)}(r)=\rho ^{2}{\frac {1}{2}}D_{1}(r)+\rho ^{3}[D_{2}(r)+D_{3}(r)]+\rho ^{4}[...]+...}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a3a016aca53933b93dfb7fe63cc9d408238446bb)
![{\displaystyle B^{(1)}(r)={\frac {1}{3}}B^{(2)}(r)+\rho ^{3}\left[{\frac {1}{6}}D_{2}(r)-{\frac {1}{12}}D_{3}(r)\right]+\rho ^{4}[...]+...}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c9ce1bab48c7699f7cfc86d46a18dd90cc6259ff)
