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[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago

1+2+3… absolutely diverges to infinity. In order to get the -1/12 result you have to explicitly suspend the normal rules governing math in very specific ways. Some YouTubers for clickbait effect pretend that you are not suspending the rules to get that result. However, suspending the rules in the ways that allow for -1/12 demonstrates all these patterns that are also cool if you are a big enough nerd to think number manipulation like that is cool.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

i stop at 0.999... == 1 thanks :)

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