The Basel Problem as a Telescoping Series

Autor: David Benko
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: The College Mathematics Journal. 43:244-250
ISSN: 1931-1346
0746-8342
DOI: 10.4169/college.math.j.43.3.244
Popis: The celebrated Basel Problem, that of finding the infinite sum 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + …, was open for 91 years. In 1735 Euler showed that the sum is π2/6. Dozens of other solutions have been found....
Databáze: OpenAIRE