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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Alright smartgauss let's see you do the same for all real numbers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Infinity, and beyond!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

IEEE 754 says Not a Number

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

0, because for every positive real number there's a negative counterpart

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It is not well defined. Because an order of summation is not given you could just as easily sum pairs of (0,1), (-1,2), (-2,3), (-3,4)... (-x, x+1) and conclude you are constantly adding 1 to your total so it goes to infinity instead

Or do the reverse of (-1,0), (-2,1), ... (-x-1, x) and get that the each pair adds -1 so the sum goes to negative Infinity

Order of the addition sometimes changes infinite sums. Infinitely large things are weird sometimes