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1+2+3+4+5+.....= -0.083333..
1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+.....=?

 Jul 30, 2016
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1+2+3+4+5+.....= -0.083333.. This is the sum of Riemann's zeta function at s=-1

 

1^3+2^3+3^3+4^3+.....=ζ(3) = 1.20205690315959428539973..........etc.

This is called "Aprey's constant", which is the sum of Riemann's zeta function at s=3

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 Jul 30, 2016
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The first line is contradictory. How can a bunch of positive integers add up and became a negative fraction which is \(-\dfrac{1}{12}\)?

But I will solve this.

\(1+2+... = -\dfrac{1}{12}\\ 1^3+2^3+...... = (1+2+.... )^2=(-\dfrac{1}{12})^2=\dfrac{1}{144}\)

This is still contradictory because the sum of a bunch of third powers of a negative number is a positive number.

 Jul 31, 2016
edited by MaxWong  Jul 31, 2016

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