Euler-Maclaurin formula

English

Etymology

Discovered independently by Leonhard Euler and Colin Maclaurin around 1735.

Proper noun

the Euler-Maclaurin formula

1. (mathematics) A formula for the difference between an integral and a closely related sum. It can be used to approximate integrals by finite sums, or conversely to evaluate finite sums and infinite series using integrals and the machinery of calculus.