Lost and found: An unpublished \(\zeta(2)\)-proof (Q642131)
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Lost and found: An unpublished \(\zeta(2)\)-proof (English)
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25 October 2011
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In a somewhat apocryphal letter from Euler to Daniel Bernoulli Euler reported about his success in summing \(1/k^2\) and the steps he had to go through to prove it. Euler `saw' that some series converged but did not prove it. After presenting the letter the author gives the missing proofs.
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computation of \(\zeta(2)\) by Leonhard Euler
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correspondence Euler-Bernoulli
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