The Most Beautiful Sum in Mathematics
<p>Inmathematics, there are few things as nice as an infinite sum. If we can, we like to turn them into geometric sums, and if we can’t, well, we try to figure out why.</p>
<p>One famous summation problem is the Basel problem. The Basel problem is a natural question to ask from the perspective of early calculus/analysis, because it comes up so often. It was first posed by Pietro Mengoli in the early 1600s, and remained open for roughly 100 years until Euler produced a solution. Along the way to this solution, we will encounter some of our favorite characters in math.</p>
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