Serendipity in Mathematics or How One is Led to Discover that ∑ ∞ n = 1 1⋅3⋅5⋯(2n - 1 n2 n n! = ½ + 3 16 + 15144 + ⋯ = ln4

DOI10.2307/2322795zbMATH Open0539.26005OpenAlexW2316795617MaRDI QIDQ3325947FDOQ3325947

Authors: Bertram Ross 

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2322795

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zbMATH Keywords

fractional calculusVolterra integral equationRiemann-Liouville integralsummation of seriesfunctional relations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractional derivatives and integrals (26A33) Volterra integral equations (45D05)

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