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Suppose we wish to evaluate the sum

$$ S = \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {f(n)} $$
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  1. This section is based on G. G. MacFarlane, Phil. Mag. (vii) (1949), 40, 188. MacFarlane considers the more general problem of evaluating sums of the form

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  2. This treatment is due to B. W. Nini. am.

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  3. Dingle (1973), Ch. 2.

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  4. For example, Olver (1974), p. 64.

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  5. This is a transformation in the theory of elliptic modular functions.

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Davies, B. (1985). Mellin Transforms in Summation. In: Integral Transforms and their Applications. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 25. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2691-3_13

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