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1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · · = 1/4

Name: Anonymous 2009-05-01 0:38

Prove me wrong.

Name: Anonymous 2009-05-06 8:52

>>29
I'm not >>28, but I'd try it this way:

Let z_n be a series of integers and s_n its sequence of partial sums.

Assuming z_n was convergent, it must also pass the cauchy test, which delivers for n > N(epsilon) with epsilon < 1:

|s_n - s_(n+1)| = z_(n+1) < 1, but the only number in the integers < 1 is 0.

So that means we only have a finite amount of numbers > 0 in a convergent series of integers and with that knowledge we can resort to the closure of integers under addition.

q.e.d.

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