The Basel Problem as a Telescoping Series
Autor: | David Benko |
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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 |
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