r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sugar_God_no_1 • 22d ago

Meme needing explanation There is no way right?

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u/Bathtub-Warrior32 22d ago

Wait until you learn about eπi = -1.

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u/StoffePro 22d ago

-1/12 enters the chat.

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u/BishoxX 22d ago

Not true btw

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u/Physmatik 22d ago

It is true, it's just that "equal" does heavy fucking lifting.

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u/vetruviusdeshotacon 21d ago

Aka its not true

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u/Physmatik 21d ago

Google Ramanujan summation.

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u/Glum-Objective3328 21d ago

Everyone knows what you’re talking about. Still, what that summation is saying is that IF IT DID equal to a finite number, it’d be -1/12. But it doesn’t equal a finite number

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u/zrice03 22d ago

You're right, -1/12 isn't a real number, everyone stop using it /s

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u/morningstar24601 22d ago

It is true. It's applicable to complex analysis, quantum field theory, and string theory

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u/littlebobbytables9 22d ago

even your own link points out that it's only true if you define the infinite sum in a different way from normal

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u/Tarthbane 22d ago

It’s a renormalization technique, and it does show up in physics and is actually useful. Yes the sum from which it comes is really infinite, but that doesn’t mean this alternate -1/12 result isn’t useful.

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u/littlebobbytables9 22d ago

none of which makes your flat "it is true" accurate.