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Re:PBS SpaceTime by thawaya3113 on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:04PM (#31449293)
Numberphile lost me with their doubling down on their “sum of natural numbers is -1/12” video.
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Re:PBS SpaceTime by dvt on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:06PM (#31450701)
The analytic continuation of the Riemann zeta function that gets you to -1/12 is such nuanced mathematical trickery, I'm not even sure why so many people incessantly argue it one way or another.
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Re:PBS SpaceTime by runarberg on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:13PM (#31449429)
Me to, however I forgave them after a great response video by Mathologer.
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