An Elementary Proof of the Formula \Sum ∞ k = 1 1/k 2 = π 2 /6

DOI10.2307/2311110zbMath0095.27304OpenAlexW2326248603MaRDI QIDQ3273379

Yoshio Matsuoka

Publication date: 1961

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2311110

zbMATH Keywords

series, summability

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