Blissard's trigonometric series with closed-form sums

2020/02/16 by Jacques Gélinas, Gélinas, Jacques
Mathematics · Computer Science · #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2002.06491

Abstract

This is a summary and verification of an elementary note written by John Blissard in 1862 for the Messenger of Mathematics. A general method of discovering trigonometric series having a closed-form sum is explained and illustrated with examples.

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