Unconvincing proofs: the harmonic series
Some famous, perfectly valid proofs may nevertheless seem quite unconvincing at their first viewing. I am not just talking about the result being surprising, but the method of proof having a kind of dubious air about it. As our example, let’s take the divergence of the harmonic series.
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Dr Colin Foster. Deposit date: 29 November 2022Usage metrics
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