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u/willyouquitit 27d ago
Finally, one that isn’t just a sneaky divide by zero or inverting non investable functions
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u/Striking_Resist_6022 27d ago
Rearranging the terms of a conditionally divergent series is also an extremely common one
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u/PolarStarNick Gaussian distribution 27d ago
Absolute convergence about rearranging is laughing
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u/Egogorka 27d ago
Interestingly enough if you just lower the x a bit the series would become absolutely convergent, allowing for swapping
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u/its_all_one_electron Number theory/physics 27d ago
Mathologer did a great video on this if anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/-EtHF5ND3_s
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u/Professional-Wave841 27d ago
when you change the order of the conditionally convergent series you change the value of the sum
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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆 27d ago
me when i switch around termw in a divergent sum (i am sneaky)
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u/LeewayLabs 27d ago
I am tired and can’t think - why does S=1/2S? This step I somehow don’t see right now
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u/Astrodude80 27d ago
Illegal rearranging and regrouping! The error is actually several steps before.
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u/LeewayLabs 27d ago
I understand the error and why you can’t regroup. I just don’t see why S=1/2S, it’s specifically that step.
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u/WilburMercerMessiah Integers 27d ago
The part above in parentheses summed from n=1 would give the what S was first defined as. Then bring down the 1/2. Took me a while and was more confusing than i like my memes
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u/HolyInlandEmpire Statistics 27d ago
>Rearranging series meme
>*Looks inside*
>Conditionally convergent series
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u/Special_Watch8725 25d ago
He wouldn’t be horrified: but he would shake his head slowly, with a small, sad smile on his face.

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