Modified equations and the Basel problem

DOI10.1007/S00283-017-9767-1zbMATH Open1407.40007arXiv1506.05288OpenAlexW3098819248MaRDI QIDQ1670962FDOQ1670962

Authors: Mats Vermeeren 

Publication date: 6 September 2018

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

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 $zeta(2)=fracp{i}^{2}6$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05288

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zbMATH Keywords

modified equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation to limiting values (summation of series, etc.) (40A25)

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