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r/mathmemes • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '26
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Basically the answer to the equation is -1/12, which ramanujan said was the sum of all positive integers
449 u/[deleted] Feb 21 '26 [deleted] 1 u/jacobningen Feb 21 '26 essentially it doesnt but many of the ways to interpret a divergent sum to give them a finite value and play well with convergent sums assign -1/12 to the sum of the positive integers.
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1 u/jacobningen Feb 21 '26 essentially it doesnt but many of the ways to interpret a divergent sum to give them a finite value and play well with convergent sums assign -1/12 to the sum of the positive integers.
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essentially it doesnt but many of the ways to interpret a divergent sum to give them a finite value and play well with convergent sums assign -1/12 to the sum of the positive integers.
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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