Modified equations and the Basel problem
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Abstract: Discretizations of differential equations are often studied through their modified equation. This is a differential equation, usually obtained as a power series, with solutions that exactly interpolate the discretization. By comparing the St"ormer-Verlet discretization of the harmonic oscillator with its modified equation, we obtain a relatively simple derivation of the expansion [ left( arcsin frac{h}{2}
ight)^2 = frac{1}{2} sum_{k=1}^infty frac{(k-1)!^2}{(2k)!} h^{2k}, ] which can be used to show that .
From the text: The point of this article is to show that modified equations have potential use outside of numerical analysis. To illustrate this, at the end of this article, we use a modified equation to prove the equation \[ \left( \arcsin \frac{b}{2}\right) ^{2}=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty }\frac{ \left( k-1\right) !^{2}}{\left( 2k\right) !}b^{2k} \] and, by a corollary, the Basel problem.
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