A succinct method for investigating the sums of infinite series through differential formulae
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2007-05-23 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs
Abstract
Translation of "Methodus succincta summas serierum infinitarum per formulas differentiales investigandi" (1780). Euler wants to represent some given series of functions S(x)=X(x)+X(x+1)+X(x+2)+etc. in a different way. He writes S as a series in derivatives of X with unknown coefficients. He makes a generating function V(z) out of these coefficients, which is the same as a generating function that involves the Bernoulli numbers.
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@article{arxiv.0705.0768,
title = {A succinct method for investigating the sums of infinite series through differential formulae},
author = {Leonhard Euler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0768},
year = {2007}
}
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