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On one method for fast approximation of zeta constants by rational fractions

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We present a new method for deriving both known and new fast approximations of zeta constants ζ(n), n ≥ 2, n is an integer, by rational fractions.

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Karatsuba, 2014, published in Problemy Peredachi Informatsii, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 77–95.

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Karatsuba, E.A. On one method for fast approximation of zeta constants by rational fractions. Probl Inf Transm 50, 186–202 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032946014020057

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