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I found a nice solution to the Basel problem on the internet which I am liking very much. It deals with derivatives and integrals and appears to be a much more solid solution to the Basel problem than Euler's original solution. There is just one thing I am having trouble with to understand the solution. I think it is just me being an idiot but I can't understand the end of the second page,
It sounds like garble and I don't get the logic. Can someone explain to me?
Thanks!
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I found a nice solution to the Basel problem on the internet which I am liking very much. It deals with derivatives and integrals and appears to be a much more solid solution to the Basel problem than Euler's original solution. There is just one thing I am having trouble with to understand the solution. I think it is just me being an idiot but I can't understand the end of the second page,
The series on the right is the sum of the reciprocal of the odd squares, tantalizingly close to the Basel problem, and an easy trick makes it into a solution. Any number is the product of an odd number and a power of 2. For odd numbers, the power of 2 is 2^0 . Hence, any square is the product of an odd square and a power of 4. So, Euler multiplies this equation by the sum of the reciprocals of the powers of 4, as follows:
It sounds like garble and I don't get the logic. Can someone explain to me?
Thanks!
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