The Basel problem as a telescoping series

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.43.3.244zbMATH Open1248.97027OpenAlexW264589309WikidataQ99704017 ScholiaQ99704017MaRDI QIDQ2901276FDOQ2901276

Authors: D. Benko 

Publication date: 18 July 2012

Published in: The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.43.3.244

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zbMATH Keywords

telescoping sumsum of reciprocal squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Sequences and series (educational aspects) (97I30)

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