A Short and Elementary Proof of the Basel Problem

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.47.2.134MaRDI QIDQ4581578zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Samuel G. Moreno

Publication date 20 August 2018

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.47.2.134

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Function-theoretic methods (including power series methods and semicontinuous methods) for summability (40C15) Sequences and series (educational aspects) (97I30) Integral calculus (educational aspects) (97I50)

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• A simple computation of (2k)
• Application of a Mean Value Theorem for Integrals to Series Summation

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