Beyond the Basel problem: Euler’s derivation of the general formula for ζ (2n)

DOI10.1017/S0025557200008159zbMath1383.11100OpenAlexW2472648141MaRDI QIDQ5351656

Nick Lord

Publication date: 30 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200008159

zbMATH Keywords

generating functionszeta functionBernoulli numbersrecurrence relationsBernoulli polynomialsMaclaurin series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) Approximation to limiting values (summation of series, etc.) (40A25)

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