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Article #726Certain p-series
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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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Euler gave the proof for the limit, as n goes to oo, of 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + ... + 1/(n^2) He used a Taylor Series expansion of sin(x) / x , I believe. Then, given that sin(x) = 0 whenever x = n*Pi where n is an integer, he "factored" the Taylor series into [1 - x/Pi][1 - x/(2*Pi)]... , and equated coefficients of x^2, concluding that S =(Pi^2)/6 . I'm fudging, of course, given that I don't remember exactly and can't be bothered to think about it. Brian
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