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A Note on Diffusion State Distance — mentioned by owenversteeg

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 00:51:18 GMT

Glad SciAm is helping to spread correct info. I think that basically, the problem with many math videos in this style is that they tend to make uncommon, if interesting, assumptions without explaining what they are or why they make the assumption in order to get clicks. This is my comment from the last time this video was mentioned: > "The sum of the series 1+2+3+4+5+6... = -1/12" is patently false, without a previous assertion that we have assumed the Cesàro sum of a series is equal to the series. Even mathematicians working with Cesàro sums surround such statements with "this holds only if…

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A Note on Diffusion State Distance — mentioned by owenversteeg

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:15:44 GMT

"The sum of the series 1+2+3+4+5+6... = -1/12" is patently false, without a previous assertion that we have assumed the Cesàro sum of a series is equal to the series. Even mathematicians working with Cesàro sums surround such statements with "this holds only if we interpret the infinite sum defining Z to be the Cesàro sum..." [0] Precisely none of the times I've heard the "1+2+3+4...=-1/12" bullshit has the person stating it prefaced their statement with "this holds only if we interpret the infinite sum defining Z to be the Cesàro sum..." If you say that "1+2+3+4...=-1/12" without stating…

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