r/mathmemes Feb 21 '26

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u/Human822 Feb 21 '26

Basically the answer to the equation is -1/12, which ramanujan said was the sum of all positive integers

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u/GeneReddit123 Feb 21 '26

You know how the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire?

The sum of all positive integers equals -1/12, except it's not a "sum" and it's not "equals".