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**stargroup100** · 01-23-2014, 05:41 AM

Posting a thread on this simply because it kinda blew my mind, something math hasn't done for me in a while.

The limit obviously converges to infinity, but the actual total sum of all of the positive integers comes out to be -1/12. Not only can this be derived in multiple ways, but is a statement that is applied and used in string theory.

All I can say is: ...what

01-23-2014, 05:41 AM	#1
stargroup100 behanjc & me are <3'ers Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,051	1+2+3+4... = -1/12 Posting a thread on this simply because it kinda blew my mind, something math hasn't done for me in a while. The limit obviously converges to infinity, but the actual total sum of all of the positive integers comes out to be -1/12. Not only can this be derived in multiple ways, but is a statement that is applied and used in string theory. All I can say is: ...what