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Thursday 9 January 2014

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12

Yes, I was dubious too...
To be honest, I still am!
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5 comments:

Davieboy said...

Thanks, the Numberphile videos are excellent aren't they? They presenters are really natural (no pun intended!).

9 January 2014 at 17:08
Ed P said...

The flaw is the one position shift in the sequence in equation S2. There was no explanation for this shift (which rather conveniently gave the desired answer).
An April Fool joke perhaps?

9 January 2014 at 19:10
Not a sheep said...

EdP:
That was my thought too. My physics doesn't run to string theory level, I must ask around...

10 January 2014 at 09:05
Ed P said...

It's farcical, and reminds me of how easy it is to "prove" that 0 = 1 with similarly manipulated equations.

10 January 2014 at 20:28
Alex said...

Don't mess with infinity; somebody might get hurt.

11 January 2014 at 20:52

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