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Revisiting The Riemann Zeta Function at Positive Even Integers

Number Theory 2018-04-19 v1

Abstract

Using Parseval's identity for the Fourier coefficients of xkx^k, we provide a new proof that ζ(2k)=(1)k+1B2k(2π)2k2(2k)!\zeta(2k)=\dfrac{(-1)^{k+1}B_{2k}(2\pi)^{2k}}{2(2k)!}.

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@article{arxiv.1707.04379,
  title  = {Revisiting The Riemann Zeta Function at Positive Even Integers},
  author = {Krishnaswami Alladi and Colin Defant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.04379},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, no figures

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