An approximate formula for a partial sum of the divergent p-series

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 732-737

  Chlebus, Edward ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximation; p series; Partial sum; Truncated Pareto distribution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE FORMULAS; APPROXIMATION; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; P-SERIES; PARTIAL SUM; RELATIVE ERRORS; TRUNCATED PARETO DISTRIBUTION;

PARETO PRINCIPLE;

EID: 62249098440     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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