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We now begin our study of analytic methods in number theory. This is of course a vast subject, but we will not deal with what is usually called “analytic number theory,” but with the methods that are related to the study of L-functions, which we will study in the next chapter. This essentially involves Bernoulli numbers and polynomials, the Euler-MacLaurin summation formula, and the gamma function and related functions.
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(2007). Bernoulli Polynomials and the Gamma Function. In: Number Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 240. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49894-2_1
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