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A pretty series revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2021

Seán M. Stewart
Seán M. Stewart*
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9 Tanang Street, Bomaderry NSW 2541, Australia, e-mail: sean.stewart@physics.org
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In the May 1954 issue of the Gazette Daniel F. Ferguson challenged readers to devise their own proof for what he described as a curious and somewhat pleasing sum (see [1])

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 105 , Issue 564 , November 2021 , pp. 450 - 457
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