Infinite series

We discuss various uses of infinite series in the 17th and 18th centuries. In particular we look at the geometric series, power series of log, the Gregory-Newton interpolation formula, Taylor’s formula, the Bernoulli’s, Eulers summation of the reciprocals of the squares as pi squared over 6, the harmonic series, product expansion of sinx, the zeta function and Euler’s product expansion for it, the exponential function, complex values and finally the circular functions too!
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