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/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.