Basel problem

English

Etymology

Named after Basel, the home town of Euler and of the Bernoulli family who unsuccessfully attacked the problem.

Proper noun

1. Template:Lb The question as to the value of $\sum _{n=1}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\frac{1}{n^2}$, the sum of the reciprocals of the squares of the positive integers.
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