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The independent derivations by Leonhard Euler and Colin MacLaurin of the Euler-MacLaurin Summation Formula

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    Stella Mills

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Communicated by D. T. Whiteside

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Mills, S. The independent derivations by Leonhard Euler and Colin MacLaurin of the Euler-MacLaurin Summation Formula. Arch. Rational Mech. 33, 1–13 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328047

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