Euler's Demonstration

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Just wondering if anyone could help (give steps or explanation) on how to give Euler's Demonstration. A question I've come across is:

Give Euler's Demonstration that $$ \sum^{\infty}_{k=1} \frac {1} {(2k-1)^2}=\frac {\pi^2}{8} $$

I think I need the expansion of cos but I'm unsure how to go about showing the above. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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This gives the approach in Aigner and Ziegler described earlier. First, define an integral $I$ and show it is equal to the sum over $k$ of $1/(2k+1)^2$:

$$ \begin{aligned} I = \int_0^1 \int_0^1 \frac{1}{1 - x^2 y^2} dx dy &= \int_0^1 \int_0^1 \sum_{k=0}^\infty (x^2 y^2)^k dx dy \\ &= \int_0^1 \left( \sum_{k=0}^\infty \int_0^1 x^{2k} y^{2k} dx \right) dy \\ &= \int_0^1 \left( \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{1}{2k+1} y^{2k} \right) dy \\ &= \sum_{k=0}^\infty \left( \int_0^1 \frac{1}{2k+1} y^{2k} dy \right) \\ &= \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k+1)^2} \end{aligned} $$

So we want to find $$ I = \iint\limits_{S} f(x,y) dx dy $$ where $S$ is the unit square $0 < x,y < 1$ and $f = \frac{1}{1 - x^2 y^2}$

Define a substitution $(x,y)$ to $(u,v)$ with the transformation: $$ x = \frac{\sin u}{\cos v} \qquad y = \frac{\sin v}{\cos u} $$

Under the change of variable we have $$ I = \iint\limits_{S} f(x,y) dx dy = \iint\limits_{T} f(x(u,v), y(u,v)) |J| du dv $$ where $J$ is the determinant of Jacobian under the coordinate transformation. $T$ is the image of $S$ in the $uv$ plane under the transformation, which can be shown to be a bijection between $S$ and $T = \{(u,v) : u, v > 0 \, , \, u + v < \pi / 2\}$ (see below).

The Jacobian determinant is $$ J = \det \begin{pmatrix} \frac{\partial x}{\partial u} & \frac{\partial x}{\partial v} \\ \frac{\partial y}{\partial v} & \frac{\partial y}{\partial v} \\ \end{pmatrix} $$ Calculate $J$: $$ J = \det \begin{pmatrix} \frac{ \cos u }{ \cos v } && \frac{ \sin u \sin v }{ \cos^2 v } \\ \frac{ \sin u \sin v }{ \cos^2 u } && \frac{ \cos v }{ \cos u } \\ \end{pmatrix} = 1 - \frac{\sin^2 u \sin^2 v }{\cos^2 u \cos^2 v} $$

So $|J| = 1 - x^2 y^2$ for $0 < x,y < 1$.

This gives $f |J| = 1$ so the integral becomes $$ I = \iint\limits_{T} 1 \; du dv = \int_0^{\pi/2} \int_0^{\pi/2 - v} du dv = area(T) = \frac{\pi^2}{8} $$

So, as required, we have shown that $$ I = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{1}{(2k+1)^2} = \frac{\pi^2}{8} $$


The bijection between $S$ and $T$: The coordinate transformation is described above as a mapping from $T$ to $S$ It is possible to obtain the inverse over $S$

$$ \cos u = \sqrt{\frac{1-x^2}{1 - x^2 y^2}} \qquad \cos v = \sqrt{ \frac{1-y^2}{1-x^2 y^2} } $$

In both directions, it is possible to show that the mappings are 1-1 and that each covers its target region. It is also possible to show that $$ \sin(u + v) = \frac{x+y}{1+xy} $$ which helps to determine how the 'top' and 'right' edges of the unit square are together mapped to the segment of the line $u+v = \pi / 2$ between $(0,\pi/2)$ and $(\pi/2,0)$ in the $uv$ plane.