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eidolon | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @:ihavenomouth:  hey numberphile isn't a bad guy
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:ihavenomouth: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @eidolon it's more about them coming up with bullshit topics to keep up a consistent upload schedule. It was more prominent in 2015.

The last one is special: it's not a bullshit topic, it's just bullshit.

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​ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 @:ihavenomouth:  @eidolon :niggainsane:
i hate mathematicians so much
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:ihavenomouth: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @​ @eidolon it is correct, for very specific definitions of "+", "=", and "1, 2, 3, ...", but their "proof" is all retarded, with not a single step being correct
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​ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @:ihavenomouth:  @eidolon did they use Ramanujan's scribble that just inserts a space between the +'s and does bullshit with it?
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:ihavenomouth: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 @​ @eidolon they start by proving that 1-1+1-1+1-1+...=1/2, by padding it with zeroes (it's divergent, you can't do this) and adding to itself (you can't do this), then repeating the same trick with other divergent series. The result they get is meaningless.
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Protoss | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @:ihavenomouth:  @eidolon 
(n^2 + n) / 2 = -1/12
yeah right