English Title

Considerations on certain series

Authors

Leonhard Euler

Enestrom Number

130

Fuss Index

123

Original Language

Latin

Content Summary

Euler factors a power series into an infinite product, applying it to f'/f, and evaluates a number of series using what look like trigonometric substitutions. He also applies this to the differential equation zs' – ssz + s2 = 0 by recursion. Then he attempts to evaluate ζ(2k+1).

Published as

Journal article

Published Date

1750

Written Date

1739

Original Source Citation

Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 12, pp. 53-96.

Opera Omnia Citation

Series 1, Volume 14, pp.407-462.

Record Created

2018-09-25

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