A Proof from THE BOOK: The Partial Fraction Expansion of the Cotangent (Q7361758)
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15 March 2022
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Manuel Eberl
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A Proof from THE BOOK: The Partial Fraction Expansion of the Cotangent (English)
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In this article, I formalise a proof from THE BOOK ; namely a formula that was called ‘one of the most beautiful formulas involving elementary functions’: \[\pi \cot(\pi z) = \frac{1}{z} + \sum_{n=1}^\infty\left(\frac{1}{z+n} + \frac{1}{z-n}\right)\] The proof uses Herglotz's trick to show the real case and analytic continuation for the complex case.
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