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Move the derivation of
sin
(
x
)
x
=
(
1
−
x
2
π
2
)
(
1
−
x
2
4
π
2
)
(
1
−
x
2
9
π
2
)
⋯
{\displaystyle {\frac {\sin(x)}{x}}=\left(1-{\frac {x^{2}}{\pi ^{2}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {x^{2}}{4\pi ^{2}}}\right)\left(1-{\frac {x^{2}}{9\pi ^{2}}}\right)\cdots }
to
Euler-Wallis formula
.
Make some effort to justify this derivation, possibly using the
PlanetMath
article on the
Weierstrass factorization theorem
.
Note how to use this formula to compute
∑
n
=
1
∞
1
n
2
.
{\displaystyle \sum _{n=1}^{\infty }{\frac {1}{n^{2}}}.}
A historical account would be nice.
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