/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10475729
>popular science
Popular science is intended to make you believe that you understand a thing which actually you don't understand, and to gratify what I believe to be one of the lowest desires of modern people, namely the superficial curiosity about the latest discoveries of science.

>>10475729
are you fucking kidding me? Numberphile still has the ASTOUNDING: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12 video up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-I6XTVZXww)) despite numerous requests from mathematicians to take it down, since it paints an inaccurate picture of math and gives the general public the impression that math is just crankery and wordplay, which doesn't actually have any meaning. His channel barely has any math, just the number equivalent of clifford the big red dog - oh look how big the dog is!

>>10475895
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12 is true you fucking moron. How long will brainlets claim otherwise?

>>10475895
>numerous requests from mathematicians to take it down
LOL

>>10475906
Have you ever considered putting a bullet through your head? 1 + 2 + 3 + .... + n goes to infinity as n goes to infinity, so the series diverge, you absolute fucking moron.

>>10475895
the virgin mathematicians VS the Chad journalist

>>10475895

>>10475906
>you might think you understand addition, but math teacher HATE him because of this one weird trick....
What a dumb thing to say, this is imaginary math bait.

>>10475895
>This is how mathematicians think! Trust me, i'm a physicist, so basically a mathematician. It even has applications to string theory!

Neso, prof Leonard, math doc bob

>>10475943
I can't stand this maggot's face

>>10475916
Of course the partial sums diverge you absolute mongoloid, that doesn't mean the series doesn't have a sum.

>>10475942
What are you even trying to say?

>>10475979
>doesn't mean the series doesn't have a sum
the closest thing it has to a sum is infinity you fucking brainlet

>>10476001
>the only valid definition of infinite series is the partial sums
fuck off you 3 iq shit stain
the fact that the finite partial sums grow without bound has literally no bearing on the infinite series
induction only proves things for the natural numbers, so it proves that 1+2+...+77 = 77(77+1)/2
but infinity isnt a natural number you retard, you can't make any case against 1+2+3+... with your baby fucking 1+2+3+...+n = n(n+1)/2

>>10475740
Where did you find your copy of The Henderson Dictionary for Pessimistic Contrarians - 18th edition? I've been looking for one for months.

>>10476001
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_series
Educate yourself, brainlet.

>>10476029
The sum of natural numbers is always a natural number you shitstain

>>10475729
Check out Flammable maths

>>10476151
That's assuming a lot. How do you define the natural numbers?

>>10476151
>The sum of rational numbers is always a rational number.
>The sum of algebraic numbers is always an algebraic number.
Retard.

I'm never watching his videos btw

>>10476165
The set is well-ordered, and the first element is 0.
The successor function is S(y)=y+1 for any given y that belongs to the natural set.

>>10476165
you just use peanut axeoms, duh.

>>10476243
does anyone have the peanut drawing?

>>10476151
whats it like never getting past third grade level math
see >>10476178

also, 1+1+1+1+... is a sum of naturals, what natural does it equal?
1-1+1-1+... can't be 0 or 1, so what integer is it?
>t. a smarter shitstain than you

>>10475938
papa is based

>>10475729
Unironically, numberphile is pretty much the sole reason why i got into math and now im going to college to study it. For college math the channel is not that relevant, however it does a terrific job of presenting a difficult concept or topic in a simple manner so that anybody can understand it, regardless of their mathematical background.

>>10475943
If string theory used 1=0, they'd come up with some mathemagical bullshit to "prove" it.