Is -1/12 a meme?

No it's real

String Theory won't work without it, so a confirmation would be proof of string theory.

Analysis was a mistake.

>>8950856
>Is -1/12 a meme?
Yes.
It is based on a severe misunderstanding.
The series does not converge so saying it equals anything is plain wrong.
But still a meaningful value ca be assigned o it.

>>8950856
It only represents about half of the equation.

>http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/greatest-unsolved-problem-mathematics-may-have-been-solved

There is a reward to solve the other half of the function, which will give the correct answer. -1/12 is for idiots who just want to feel like an intellectual but actually know nothing about what they talk about. Aka a bunch of normies that pretend theyre into science.

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Analytic continuation is a meme

>>8950881
About correct

>>8950926
lol no

The sum diverges to -1/12. That's the only value we can assign to a divergent sum that would be consistent and rigourous. Also calling it "the sum" of all integers would be misleading since you cannot sum infinite sequences, even the convergent ones.

>>8950980
It is a sum though. The Cesaro sum is -1/12. The series doesn't converge though.

>>8950856
Anyone who disagrees would be famous, not on 4chan. I'm not at the level to have an input, but if anyone wants to prove it's a meme, there's more than /sci/4u

lol that no one actually cared about this before the numberphile video

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>>8950980
>The sum diverges to -1/12
>diverges
>to a finite number
I want to mock mathfags right now but honestly you're on another level of being retarded.