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Intriguing integrals: an Euler-inspired odyssey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Kent TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 91 , Issue 522 , November 2007 , pp. 415 - 427
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