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Re: 0=-1 (Calculus Puzzle)

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
The problem with the above "proof" is that the associative law of arithmetic is not universally valid for infinite sums. So you aren't allowed to re-arrange (or remove) the parentheses.
Hmmm... that's different than what I was going to say... (the article I have doesn't list the answers...)

I thought that because the series doesn't converge, it doesn't equal zero to begin with.

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