A proof that Euler missed: Evaluating (2) the easy way

DOI10.1007/BF03026576MaRDI QIDQ793070zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tom M. Apostol

Publication date 1983

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

zbMATH Keywords

Euler's identitysummation of serieszeta (2)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Convergence and divergence of series and sequences (40A05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to number theory (11-01)

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• A Note on the Irrationality of ζ(2) and ζ(3)

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