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Re: [Coq-Club] Sum of all nats = 1/12


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  • From: Kevin Sullivan <sullivan.kevinj AT gmail.com>
  • To: "coq-club AT inria.fr" <coq-club AT inria.fr>
  • Subject: Re: [Coq-Club] Sum of all nats = 1/12
  • Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 16:20:13 -0500

Or here using the Riemann zeta function: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-d9mgo8FGk&feature=youtu.be. It seems to be the proof of the right hand side was probably produced by induction, but then the sum is over a co-inductive value. Is this sound?




On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Kevin Sullivan <sullivan.kevinj AT gmail.com> wrote:
Pardon me, it should be -1/12. --Kevin


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Kevin Sullivan <sullivan.kevinj AT gmail.com> wrote:
Has anyone on this list taken a shot at formalizing the proposition that the sum of all the natural numbers is 1/12, or the negation? This video was referenced by a recent NYT article.


Regards,
Kevin Sullivan





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