TITLE

# Lost and Found: An Unpublished $$\zeta$$(2)-Proof

AUTHOR(S)
Levrie, Paul
PUB. DATE
July 2011
SOURCE
Mathematical Intelligencer;Jul2011, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p29
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
A letter is presented from mathematician Leonhard Euler to mathematician Daniel Bernoulli in reference to a paper published in journal litteraire d'Allemagne, de Suisse et du Nord about the calculation of a sum.
ACCESSION #
61464168

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