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nate_martin on Jan 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Terry Tao on how to compute non-converging infinit...

The non-converging sum 1 + 2 + 3 ... = -1/12 has applications in Bosonic String Theory, interestingly enough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%2B_2_%2B_3_%2B_4_%2B_%E2%8B%...

adharmad on Jan 18, 2014 | [–]

The non-converging sum you have mentioned is also called Ramanujan Summation.

selimthegrim on Jan 18, 2014 | [–]

Not just that, it comes up in Casimir effect calculations.

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