Παρασκευή 17 Ιανουαρίου 2014

The sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... until infinity is somehow -1/12

The sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... until infinity is somehow -1/12

Here's a fun little brain wrinkle pinch for all you non-math people out there (that should be everyone in the world*): the sum of all natural numbers, from one to infinity, is not a ridiculously big number like you would expect but actually just -1/12. Yes, the sum of every number from one to infinity is some weird negative fraction. What the heck?


via Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com