Evolutio producti infiniti (1-x)(1-xx)(1-x^3)(1-x^4)(1-x^5) etc. in seriem simplicem


Abstract in English

This paper does exactly what the title says it does. It expands the given series to arrive at the familiar pentagonal number expansion, also known as the pentagonal number theorem, and recalls its application to partition numbers. The paper is translated from Eulers Latin original into German.

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