Euler-Maclaurin formula

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Etymology[edit]

Discovered independently by Leonhard Euler and Colin Maclaurin around 1735.

Proper noun[edit]

the Euler-Maclaurin formula

  1. (mathematics) A formula for the difference between an integral and a closely related sum. It can be used to approximate integrals by finite sums, or conversely to evaluate finite sums and infinite series using integrals and the machinery of calculus.
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