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Old Jun11-09, 08:11 PM                  #1
Radja24

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How did Newton approximate the partial sum of harmonic series?

Newton used logarithms to do this, but I'd really like to se the derivation/method in which he did this. After all, it is the precursor to the Euler-MacLaurin formula, so this is some interesting stuff
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