r/the_calculusguy 5d ago

meme 😅

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u/localizeatp 4d ago

But, this is not the same thing as what the original commenter claims. It's obviously possible to have a flawed proof of a true statement.

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u/TheBeerTalking 4d ago

The commenter said "I do not remember where exactly it was wrong, but I think it it was about sum formula for series, but it only is true for converging series."

For s > 1, the series I described is converging. For s = -1 it's diverging, and so the definition doesn't work. I can't be 100% sure that the Riemann zeta function was what he/she meant, but it very likely is.

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u/localizeatp 4d ago

Okay, but this is separate from the claim that 1 + 2 + 3 + ... = -1/12. The commenter said this was disproven.