Comment on What are the most mindblowing fact in mathematics?
dbaner@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The infinite sum of all the natural numbers 1+2+3+… is a divergent series. But it can also be shown to be equivalent to -1/12. This result is actually used in quantum field theory.
MuThyme@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t suppose you know the exact application in QFT? I assume it’s used for some renormalization scheme?