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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338246703321

Autore

Vălean Cornel Ioan

Titolo

(Almost) Impossible Integrals, Sums, and Series / / by Cornel Ioan Vălean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-02462-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXVIII, 539 p.)

Collana

Problem Books in Mathematics, , 0941-3502

Disciplina

515.43

Soggetti

Sequences (Mathematics)

Special functions

Number theory

Functions of real variables

Physics

Engineering mathematics

Sequences, Series, Summability

Special Functions

Number Theory

Real Functions

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Engineering Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains a multitude of challenging problems and solutions that are not commonly found in classical textbooks. One goal of the book is to present these fascinating mathematical problems in a new and engaging way and illustrate the connections between integrals, sums, and series, many of which involve zeta functions, harmonic series, polylogarithms, and various other special functions and constants. Throughout the book, the reader will find both classical and new problems, with numerous original problems and solutions coming from the personal research of the author. Where classical problems are



concerned, such as those given in Olympiads or proposed by famous mathematicians like Ramanujan, the author has come up with new, surprising or unconventional ways of obtaining the desired results. The book begins with a lively foreword by renowned author Paul Nahin and is accessible to those with a good knowledge of calculus from undergraduate students to researchers, and will appeal to all mathematical puzzlers who love a good integral or series.