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Publication Date: 2012-May
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The Basel Problem as a Telescoping Series
Benko, David
College Mathematics Journal, v43 n3 p244-250 May 2012
The celebrated Basel Problem, that of finding the infinite sum 1 + 1/ 4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + ..., was open for 91 years. In 1735 Euler showed that the sum is pi[superscript 2]/6. Dozens of other solutions have been found. We give one that is short and elementary.
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