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0=-1 (Calculus Puzzle)

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24-03-2012, 15:20

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Re: 0=-1 (Calculus Puzzle)

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Originally Posted by Ether

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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