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March 2010
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Infinite series occupy a central and important place in mathematics. C. J. Sangwin shows us how eighteenth-century mathematician Leonhard Euler solved one of the foremost infinite series problems of his day.

Tags: geometric series : convergence : harmonic series : divergence : infinite series : integral test : Euler's solution to the Basel problem : sine : power series