Mathematics – History and Overview
Scientific paper
2005-05-18
Mathematics
History and Overview
16 pages, seems to be first English translation of Euler's Latin original ``De mirabilis proprietatibus numerorum pentagonaliu
Scientific paper
In this paper Euler considers the properties of the pentagonal numbers, those numbers of the form $\frac{3n^2 \pm n}{2}$. He recalls that the infinite product $(1-x)(1-x^2)(1-x^3)...$ expands into an infinite series with exponents the pentagonal numbers, and tries substituting the roots of this infinite product into this infinite series. I am not sure what he is doing in some parts: in particular, he does some complicated calculations about the roots of unity and sums of them, their squares, reciprocals, etc., and also sums some divergent series such as 1-1-1+1+1-1-1+1+..., and I would appreciate any suggestions or corrections about these parts.
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