Simple addition: Mathematicians and physicists fight over methodology, but both arrive at the same conclusion.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + … = -1/12. Crazy, right? Let’s backtrack a little.  One plus two is three, plus three is six, plus four is ten, plus five is fifteen, plus six is twenty-one, and so on. This sum, referred to as the sum of all positive […]

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