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


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  • From: Marco Servetto <marco.servetto AT gmail.com>
  • To: Kevin Sullivan <sullivan.kevinj AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: "coq-club AT inria.fr" <coq-club AT inria.fr>
  • Subject: Re: [Coq-Club] Sum of all nats = 1/12
  • Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:49:58 +0700

I'm very intrested to see how this discussion goes forward!
May be someone should put the theorems in the bitcoin marketplace!

On 4 February 2014 04:20, Kevin Sullivan
<sullivan.kevinj AT gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-I6XTVZXww#t=420
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Kevin Sullivan
>>
>>
>



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