That’s where I assumed it was going.
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mkwt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … = -1/12
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 months ago
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mkwt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … = -1/12
That’s where I assumed it was going.
PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Under very special circumstances an argument can be made for this, at least
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Not really. The left side comes from trying to evaluate the Reimann zeta function at a point outside its domain, and the right side comes from evaluating the analytic continuation of the zeta function at the same point. The deepest truth it reveals is that applying the definition of a function outside its domain can give you nonsense results.
Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Never understood those circumstances, but I choose to believe that all even numbers summed are therefore -2/12 and all odd numbers therefore 1/12.