What physicists mean when they say 1+2+3+... = -1/12pic.twitter.com/Noj5pEf1Ym
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Epsilon is a finite number that will goes to infinitely small in the end if it were to be equal to the original series.
No.. I never claimed it was equivalent. I said that -1/12 is the renormalized sum
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If so, well, I think it is better to keep mathematics and physics separated. Bcs one cannot infinity divide an apple - which can be done in math but cannot be done in physics. QED is fun and miraculously it works.
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Keep mathematics and physics divided? Welp I guess there's no Newton's laws either then!
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Wait a minute, "renormalized" reminds me of the procedure in QED in which 2 infinite series somewhat summed together and produced something non-nonsense and somehow it agrees with experiment. Mister, you probably are talking about rtecenormalization procedure here?
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That's why I called it renormalization...
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