A simple computation of \zeta(2k) by using Bernoulli polynomials and a telescoping series

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Authors: Óscar Ciaurri, Luis M. Navas, Francisco J. Ruiz, Juan Luis Varona 

Publication date: 22 September 2012

Abstract: We present a new proof of Euler's formulas for $zeta(2k)$, where $k=1,2,3,\mathrm{...}$, which uses only the defining properties of the Bernoulli polynomials, obtaining the value of $zeta(2k)$ by summing a telescoping series. Only basic techniques from Calculus are needed to carry out the computation. The method also applies to $zeta(2k+1)$ and the harmonic numbers, yielding integral formulas for these.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Function-theoretic methods (including power series methods and semicontinuous methods) for summability (40C15)

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