Advertisement
Sorceress

mathematics

Jan 6th, 2015
364
0
Never
Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up, it unlocks many cool features!
text 0.66 KB | None | 0 0
  1. Let,
  2. S = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ...
  3. T = 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + ...
  4.  
  5. Then,
  6. S+T = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ...
  7. + 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + ...
  8.  
  9. = 1 - 1 + 5 - 1 + 9 - 1 + 13 - 1 + ...
  10. = (1 - 1) + (5 - 1) + (9 - 1) + (13 - 1) + ...
  11. = 0 + 4 + 8 + 12 + ...
  12. = 4 * (1 + 2 + 3 + ...)
  13. = 4 * S
  14.  
  15. so,
  16. S+T = 4S
  17. T = 3S
  18.  
  19. Recall,
  20. S = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ...
  21. T = 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + ...
  22.  
  23. Then,
  24. S-T = 0 + 4 + 0 + 8 + 0 + 12 + ...
  25. = 4 * (1 + 2 + 3 + ...)
  26. = 4 * S
  27.  
  28. so,
  29. S-T = 4S
  30. -T = 3S
  31.  
  32.  
  33. Combining two equations
  34. T = 3S
  35. -T = 3S
  36.  
  37. T = -T ==> T=S=0
  38.  
  39. so,
  40. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + ... = 0
  41. 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + ... = 0
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
Advertisement