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A succinct method for investigating the sums of infinite series through differential formulae

History and Overview 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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