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The pinnacle of mathematical trolling! This "elegant formula" claims that the sum of all natural numbers (1+2+3+4+...) equals e^(iπ)/12. Any mathematician would have a cardiac event seeing this.
For the uninitiated: the sum of natural numbers actually diverges to infinity, while e^(iπ) equals -1 (Euler's identity, one of math's most beautiful formulas). So this equation is basically saying "infinity = -1/12" which is mathematical blasphemy of the highest order.
Though hilariously, there's a kernel of mathematical chaos here - through some wild regularization techniques in string theory, mathematicians actually assign the value -1/12 to this infinite sum. It's like saying "2+2=5" and then writing a 300-page proof that makes it technically correct in some bizarre alternate universe.
