The Basel problem

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Authors Aleksander Simonič

Publication date 25 August 2011

zbMATH Keywords

Basel problemDaniel BernoulliEulerJohann Bernoulli

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of sequences, series, summability (40-03) Approximation to limiting values (summation of series, etc.) (40A25) History of mathematics education (97-03) History in mathematics education (97A30) Sequences and series (educational aspects) (97I30)

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