What physicists mean when they say 1+2+3+... = -1/12pic.twitter.com/Noj5pEf1Ym
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I've had a lot of requests to post about a physical application of the replacement ∑n → -1/12.
So without further ado I give you: The Casimir Effect 
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This is the basis for string theory: only in D=10 does the conformal anomaly vanish for precisely this reason
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