%0 Journal Article %T A SCHEMA FOR OBTAINING THE SUM OF THE ALTERNATING SERIES %A ANDREI VERNESCU %J Journal of Science and Arts %D 2012 %I Bibliotheca Publishing House %X We recall some classical methods for obtaining the sum of the alternating series and we give a special attention to one of these methods, generalizing the schema based on the identity of Catalan. %K convergent series %K alternating series %K sum of a series %K power series %K integrals %K geometric progression %K trigonometric series %K the residues theorem %K the identity of Catalan %K generalized constant of Euler type %K the function of Riemann. %U http://www.icstm.ro/DOCS/josa/josa_2012_2/a_07_Vernescu_A.pdf