The Basel problem as a telescoping series

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.43.3.244MaRDI QIDQ2901276zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors D. Benko

Publication date 18 July 2012

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.43.3.244

zbMATH Keywords

sum of reciprocal squarestelescoping sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Sequences and series (educational aspects) (97I30)

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