Comments by "RB 70" (@RB-bd5tz) on "Numberphile v. Math: the truth about 1+2+3+...=-1/12" video.

  1. 14:35 Okay, so you can arbitrarily add zeroes to a series. So S1 = 1-1+1-1+... = 0+0+1-1+1-1+... So 2S1 = 1 - 1+1-1+1-1+1... + 0+0+1-1+1-1+1... = 1 - 1+2-2+2-2+2... = 0 + 2(1-1+1-1+1...) = 2S1. Big deal; no reason to sum to 1/2.
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