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		thawaya3113 on May 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PBS SpaceTime Numberphile lost me with their doubling down on their “sum of natural numbers is -1/12” video.

dvt on May 20, 2022 | [–]

The analytic continuation of the Riemann zeta function that gets you to -1/12 is such nuanced mathematical trickery, I'm not even sure why so many people incessantly argue it one way or another.

runarberg on May 20, 2022 | [–]

Me to, however I forgave them after a great response video by Mathologer.

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