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dnautics
on Jan 18, 2014
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The sum of all the positive integers is not -1/12
the claim in the operations is that these sums have finite values.
lisper
on Jan 18, 2014
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Yes, but you cannot
assume
that the values are finite in the "proof" that they are finite. You have to prove that they are finite
before
you are allowed to manipulate them as finite quantities.
dnautics
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to prove by contradiction, that's exactly what you do. You assume they are finite, use allowed operations, show a contradiction.
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