Riemann Zeta Function. An Attempt to fathom Zeta(3)

2012/12/05 by Renaat Van Malderen, Van Malderen, Renaat
Mathematics · #Advanced Mathematical Identities #Analytic Number Theory Research #FOS: Mathematics #History and Theory of Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1212.1041

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Abstract

Already in 1734 Euler found a short explicit formula for the value of Riemann zeta function Zeta(s) when the argument s equals a positive integer 2n where n=1,2,3,. No such formula exists for odd positive integer arguments of Zeta. The present paper discusses in particular the case of Zeta(3). A formula for Zeta(3) is obtained which in addition to a number of well known constants includes a rapidly converging infinite series, of which each term contains rational numbers and an even power of Pi. An attempt to convert this series into a finite number of terms containing commonly known constants is met with only partial success. The general case for zeta(2n+1) is also worked out.

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