Euler–Maclaurin summation formula

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The Euler–Maclaurin summation formula is a fundamental result in analysis that connects sums and integrals, providing powerful asymptotic expansions and error estimates for approximating series by integrals.

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instanceOf mathematical formula
result in mathematical analysis
appearsIn monographs on asymptotic expansions
textbooks on analytic number theory
treatises on numerical integration
appliesTo sufficiently smooth functions
category asymptotic formula
summation formula
field analytic number theory
asymptotic analysis
mathematical analysis
numerical analysis
firstContributor Colin Maclaurin
furtherDevelopedBy Leonhard Euler
generalizes trapezoidal rule error expansion
hasComponent endpoint correction terms
integral term
remainder term
series of derivative terms
historicalPeriod 18th century
namedAfter Colin Maclaurin
Leonhard Euler
property gives exact equality when full infinite expansion is used under suitable conditions
remainder can often be bounded using higher derivatives
truncated expansion yields asymptotic approximation
provides asymptotic expansions for sums
connection between sums and integrals
error estimates for approximating sums by integrals
relatedTo Bernoulli numbers
surface form: Faulhaber's formula

Poisson summation formula
Stirling's approximation
relates definite integrals
finite sums
infinite series
typicalAssumption derivatives of the function satisfy suitable decay or boundedness conditions
function has sufficiently many continuous derivatives on the interval
usedFor accelerating convergence of series
approximating series by integrals
deriving Stirling-type approximations
deriving asymptotic expansions of sums
estimating truncation errors in numerical quadrature
evaluating slowly convergent series
usedIn computation of the Riemann zeta function
lattice point counting problems
spectral methods in numerical analysis
uses Bernoulli numbers
higher derivatives of a function

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Leonhard Euler notableWork Euler–Maclaurin summation formula