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Identities for Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind
While calculating an integral in a quantum mechanical problem by two different methods, I came across the following identity
$$\sum_{k=0}^n\sum_{m=0}^{2k}(-2)^m\binom{2(n-k)}{n-k}\binom{2k}{k}\binom{...
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Summation of series involving $\sinh$ of a square root
Consider the following series:
$$
S = \sum_{\text{odd } n} \sum_{\text{odd } m} \frac{(-1)^{(n+m)/2}}{nm} \frac{\sinh( \pi \sqrt{n^2 + m^2}/2)}{\sinh( \pi \sqrt{n^2 + m^2})}
$$
From the physical ...
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Summations in $\tan^2$
Hey all,
I was just wondering if anyone had come across the following identities, valid for $m\in\mathbb{N}$. I've used Abramowitz and Stegun, Maple, Mathematica etc but can't find them anywhere. I ...
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Trigonometric identities
In the rant I wrote at
http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/trigonometric+identities+and+the+irrationality+of+pi
I asked: Are these four identities the first four terms in a sequence that continues?
This ...