A Simple Proof of the Formula ∑ ∞ k = 1 = π 2 /6

DOI10.2307/2319092zbMath0264.40001OpenAlexW2312233552MaRDI QIDQ5680526

Ioannis Papadimitriou

Publication date: 1973

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2319092

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convergence and divergence of series and sequences (40A05) Numerical summation of series (65B10)

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