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hahaha -1/12 (feddit.de)
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago (31 children)

Explanation for mathematical illiterates?

[–] [email protected] 114 points 11 months ago (4 children)

A very wrong proof once showed that the sum of all positive integers (1 + 2 + 3 + 4...) was -1/12. In reality, the infinite sum has no solution, so this proof became something of a meme.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

Technically technically, in some number fields (not the natural numbers) it is correct, but since it doesn't apply to all number systems it's incorrect to say it's the answer without also specifying you're using a nonstandard number system.

As someone else said, it's used in quantum physics where a lot of fancy math is used in complex number fields.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Ramanujan was a God tier memester

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you!

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