I Just Calculated Infinity. Waiting For My Fields Medal...

I Just Calculated Infinity. Waiting For My Fields Medal...
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EUREKA! Someone finally "solved" infinity! *maniacal laughter* This mathematical madness takes a perfectly valid formula for summing finite numbers and then applies it to infinity with the subtlety of a wrecking ball! The proof starts with a correct formula, then veers into the mathematical twilight zone by claiming that 1+2+3+... equals -1/12 (which is actually a famous result in string theory, but NOT in the way shown here). Then it performs quadratic formula gymnastics to "calculate" infinity as -0.2113... Absolute numerical nonsense! It's like trying to measure the universe with a broken ruler while riding a unicycle. No Fields Medal for you, but perhaps a Nobel Prize in Creative Mathematics?

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