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Extensions of an identity of Euler

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2020

Geoffrey Brown  and
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
Geoffrey Brown
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 48 University Avenue, Jeffery Hall, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6 e-mail: 1geoffrey.brown@gmail.com
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1 e-mail: bala@mcmaster.ca
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In this paper we state the original identity proved by Euler, and we provide an alternative proof of this result. We then extend the approach to derive a further identity for the sum of reciprocals of squares, along with two other related identities. We conclude by obtaining yet another extension of the identity, and this is accomplished by means of a probability density function, or pdf.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 104 , Issue 560 , July 2020 , pp. 241 - 246
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© Mathematical Association 2020

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