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List of mathematical series

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This list of mathematical series contains formulae for finite and infinite sums. It can be used in conjunction
with other tools for evaluating sums.
Here,

is taken to have the value

is a Bernoulli polynomial.

is a Bernoulli number, and here,

is an Euler number.
is the Riemann zeta function.
is the gamma function.
is a polygamma function.
is a polylogarithm.

Contents
1 Sums of powers
2 Power series
2.1 Low-order polylogarithms
2.2 Exponential function
2.3 Trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic, and inverse hyperbolic functions
2.4 Modified-factorial denominators
2.5 Binomial coefficients
2.6 Harmonic numbers
3 Binomial coefficients
4 Trigonometric functions
5 Rational functions
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References

Sums of powers
See Faulhaber's formula.

The first few values are:

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See zeta constants.

The first few values are:

(the Basel problem)

Power series
Low-order polylogarithms
Finite sums:
, (geometric series)

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Infinite sums, valid for

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(see polylogarithm):

The following is a useful property to calculate low-integer-order polylogarithms recursively in closed form:

Exponential function

(cf. mean of Poisson distribution)

(cf. second moment of Poisson distribution)

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is the Touchard polynomials.

Trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic, and inverse hyperbolic functions

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(versine)

[1]

(haversine)

Modified-factorial denominators
[2]

[2]

Binomial coefficients
(see Binomial theorem)
[3]

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[3]

[3]

, generating function of the Catalan numbers

, generating function of the Central binomial coefficients

[3]

Harmonic numbers

[2]

[2]

Binomial coefficients

(see Multiset)

(see Vandermonde identity)

Trigonometric functions

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Sums of sines and cosines arise in Fourier series.

[4]

[5]

Rational functions

[6]

An infinite series of any rational function of can be reduced to a finite series of polygamma functions,
by use of partial fraction decomposition.[7] This fact can also be applied to finite series of rational
functions, allowing the result to be computed in constant time even when the series contains a large
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number of terms.

See also
Series (mathematics)
List of integrals
Summation

Taylor series
Binomial theorem
Gregory's series

On-Line Encyclopedia of
Integer Sequences

Notes
1. Weisstein, Eric W. "Haversine". MathWorld. Wolfram Research, Inc. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10.
Retrieved 2015-11-06.
2. generatingfunctionology (http://www.math.upenn.edu/~wilf/gfologyLinked2.pdf)
3. Theoretical computer science cheat sheet (http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/cheat.pdf)
4. "Bernoulli polynomials: Series representations (subsection 06/02)". Retrieved 2 June 2011.
5. Hofbauer, Josef. "A simple proof of 1+1/2^2+1/3^2+...=PI^2/6 and related identities" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2011.
6. Weisstein, Eric W., "Riemann Zeta Function (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RiemannZetaFunction.html)" from
MathWorld, equation 52
7. Abramowitz and Stegun (http://people.math.sfu.ca/~cbm/aands/)

References
Many books with a list of integrals also have a list of series.
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