Lost and found: An unpublished (2)-proof

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9179-YzbMATH Open1233.01003OpenAlexW2042949069MaRDI QIDQ642131FDOQ642131

Authors: Paul Levrie 

Publication date: 25 October 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9179-y

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zbMATH Keywords

computation of \(\zeta(2)\) by Leonhard Eulercorrespondence Euler-Bernoulli

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

Cites Work

• The Discovery of the Series Formula for π by Leibniz, Gregory and Nilakantha
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• Euler's solution of the Basel problem -- the longer story
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