A simple algorithm for the summation of alternating series

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2608.26287MaRDI QIDQ7285041arXivFDO

Authors Eleonora Denich, Paolo Novati, Alvise Sommariva

Publication date 26 August 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr The paper deals with the computation of the sum of alternating series whose general terms are expressed by means of analytic functions. A novel contribution is a simple algorithm for this task based on weighted quadrature rules and error estimates, which enables automatic summation to any desired accuracy.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.26287

arXiv classification

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