welshbairn Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 5 minutes ago, deej said: I've not watched the video but how the f@ck can all the numbers added together = a negative number?? Don't watch the video, it makes even less sense when they try to explain it. My brain is sore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 6/10 , happy with that, only knew one (Arthur Lowe), half sure of Mexican flag, guessometer in overdrive after that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 30 minutes ago, deej said: I've not watched the video but how the f@ck can all the numbers added together = a negative number?? I understand it somewhwat. But basically it's a huge leap to go from "here's proof of something different", "and here's some proof of something else different".. bang them together and you get -1/12. Anyway, apologies again! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Just now, Cardinal Richelieu said: I understand it somewhwat. But basically it's a huge leap to go from "here's proof of something different", "and here's some proof of something else different".. bang them together and you get -1/12. Anyway, apologies again! I'm not sure i'm ready to accept your apology tbh, this has devastated me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, deej said: Had an exam yesterday and one tomorrow, I'll catch up before the end of the week I promise Guess is in for the tie break FFS get your priorities right, man... I see His Eminence has already given you a scolding. As you were Edited December 14, 2016 by Jacksgranda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 6 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: I understand it somewhwat. But basically it's a huge leap to go from "here's proof of something different", "and here's some proof of something else different".. bang them together and you get -1/12. Anyway, apologies again! It builds up from a dodgy premise that if infinity could be either 1 or zero we'll split the difference and call it a half. This is from the perspective of someone who gave up on maths when calculus brought up "approaching infinity" and boggled my mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 I totally agree, just don't shoot the messenger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Saint Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 I looked it up after submitting my guess yesterday. When you actually look at the equation that is generated from the sequence the graph of that equation has a bit of it between 0 & -1 that is negative. When you integrate that negative part you get -1/12. Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv dodgy to say that the sum of all integers '=' -1/12. Apology accepted though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 9 minutes ago, Leeds Saint said: I looked it up after submitting my guess yesterday. When you actually look at the equation that is generated from the sequence the graph of that equation has a bit of it between 0 & -1 that is negative. When you integrate that negative part you get -1/12. Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv dodgy to say that the sum of all integers '=' -1/12. Apology accepted though. Hmmmm... The question put to us by Cardinal was Quote In mathematics (and in particular, the methods of zeta function regularization and Ramanujan summation), the infinite series of natural numbers, 1+2+3+4 (all the way up to infinity) is given a finite value... or to put it another way.... adding every integer together between 1 and infinity returns what number? A couple of things to note.... this isn't a joke question and the the formula does have some uses in applied mathematics (God knows what). The answer isn't infinity, or infinity squared or anything like that. It is just an ordinary number. no mention of integration, if I knew there was integration involved I'd have obviously guessed -1/12. Of course you accept his apology, you won 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, deej said: Hmmmm... The question put to us by Cardinal was no mention of integration, if I knew there was integration involved I'd have obviously guessed -1/12. You're forgetting "zeta function regularization and Ramanujan summation", which is the main, er, differentiator, here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 minute ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: You're forgetting "zeta function regularization and Ramanujan summation", which is the main, er, differentiator, here. Forgetting/completely ignoring ... same thing really 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Ok moving on from the bullshittery that is adding numbers somehow gives a negative number, I got 6/10 on todays quiz, and a belter of a 9/10 for thursday, hope my guesses are as good in my exam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Cool. I'll mark you down for a -15 then... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Fuxake. I'm used to not understanding some of the quiz questions but to fail to understand some of the posts on here takes me to a new low. I guess that's why I'm in the diddy league! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Adding all the daily quiz results from now and forever more, can you put me down for -1/12 when you come to putting an aggregated league table together. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Stuff all this -1/12 nonsense. Here's the stuff your here for so put what sits under your 6 7/8ths to use. 6/10 for me knew biscotti, rabbit and Brazil, guessed Finland, F1 and film. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mind-games/quiz?quizId=5763§ionId=1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Boring mediocre five out of ten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 4/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Another nine! Only the go-karts wrong, although Kanye was a guess - I don't do well with that hippety-hop stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBo10 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 5/10 and in keeping with recent trends changed three (Finland, Kanye West and Dickens) from right to wrong. FUD! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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