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Does the equation $1 + 2 + 3 + \dots = -\frac{1}{12}$ have a natural $p$-adic interpretation?
Consider the equation
$$1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + \cdots = - \frac{1}{12},$$
"proved" by Ramanujan Euler. One correct way to interpret this is that $\zeta(-1) = - \frac{1}{12},$ where $\zeta(s) = \sum_{n = 1}^{\...
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Cesaro(?)/Euler(?) - summation of the $s(p)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty (-1)^{H(k)} (1+k)^p$ for $p=1,2,3,...$ (where $H(k)$ is the Hamming-weight)
In another thread (in MO) there was a question about a series where the signs at the terms alternate with the "Hamming-weight", that means according to the number of bits in the binary representation ...
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Converse to Erdős' conjecture on arithmetic progressions
I apologise in advance if this has been asked here before. I did a search and did not find anything obvious. Erdős' conjecture states that if $A\subseteq {\bf N}$ is such that $\sum_{n\in A} n^{-1}$ ...
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Regularized sums of Mobius sequence
Do $\lim_{s \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{n \geq 1} \mu(n) e^{-n/s}$ and $\lim_{s \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{n \geq 1} \mu(n) e^{-n^2/s^2}$ both equal $-2$?
Experimentally this seems plausible (up through ...
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Abel summation of the alternating series of primes?
Consider the ordinary generating function of the sequence of primes ($2+3x+5x^2+7x^3 + ...$); by the ratio test and the prime number theorem, its radius of convergence is $1$. Thus, we might well ask ...
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Can one define "Ramanujan Summation" over algebraic number fields?
With some trepidation, I ask to "evaluate" badly divergent sums. Generalizing $\sum n = -\tfrac{1}{12}$ what would be the value of this sum over $\mathbb{Z}[i]$?
$$\sum_{m,n \geq 0} (m+in) \hspace{0....
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Is it possible to sum the divergent series with prime coefficients?
It is known that the series $$ P := \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} p_{n} \qquad \text{where } p_{n} \text{ is the n'th prime} $$ cannot be summed by means of (prime) zeta function regularization. (The result was ...
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Efficient (divergent) summation for sum of zetas at negative arguments?
In a question in MSE (see bottom of my own answer) I'm considering the following series, depending on a parameter m:
$$ L(m) = -\zeta(1m)/1 - \zeta(2m)/2 - \zeta(3m)/3 - \ldots $$
where I want to make ...
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mertens-function in the light of divergent summation - what summation method were best adapted
Just reading about the Mertens-function in the other thread
Mertens function I remember an earlier attempt to apply divergent summation
to the series which is constructed of the Moebius-function
at ...
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Values of cusp forms at q = 1 ?
Take a cusp form $f$ and let $f(q) = q + a_2q^2 + q_3q^3 + \ldots$" denote its $q$-expansion (assume that the $a_k$ are integers, and that $f$ comes from an elliptic curve $E$). Of course the series $...
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$\sum_n a_n/n$, $\sum_n a_n/n^\rho$, $\sum_n a_n$… Tauberian theorems?
In analytic number theory, it is common to prove that $$\sum_{n\leq N} \frac{a_n}{n} = o(\log N)\tag{$\star$}\label{476699_star}$$ for some sequence $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$, $a_n\in \mathbb{C}$. (It is ...
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Is that series-transformation known in the context of divergent summation?
Note: I asked this question in math.stackexchange but did not receive an answer
Background:
In the context of divergent summation I'm analyzing the matrix of eulerian numbers for a regular matrix-...
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Is there a conjecture about the bounds (constant or a function) of $\sum_{n \le x} \mu(n)/\sqrt{n}$
Here $\mu(n)$ is Möbius function and $M(x)$ is Mertens function.
The computations show that the partial sums $\sum_{n \le x} \frac{\mu(n)}{\sqrt{n}}$ stays between $-0.2$ and $-1.2$ when $10^1<x<...
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Linear combinations of geometric series
Consider the uncountable-dimensional vector space $V$ consisting of finite linear combinations of infinite sequences of the form $(1,z,z^2,z^3,\dots)$ with $z \neq 1$ in $\mathbb{C}$. Since the ...
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What is the (fractional) half-derivative of zeta at $s=0$ (and how to compute it)?
(I asked this in MSE before but there was only a general reference which did not help for my specific question)
I think I understood the concept of fractional derivatives applied to ...
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Arithmetic properties of error terms in divergent series
Most people know the famous equation $\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} k = -\frac{1}{12}$, justified for example by interpreting the LHS as $\zeta(-1)$.
My question: does the sequence $\{\frac{1}{12}+\sum_{k=1}^n ...
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What is the growth rate of the sum of powers of distinct primes closest to a given a integer?
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and
$$2 = p_1 < p_2 < \dots < p_m \le n$$
be the sequence of all primes less than or equal to $n$.
For each index $j$ let $p_j^{e_j}$ be the largest power of $...
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Possible regularisation for sum of function of primes
Consider the following sum of function of primes:
$$-\sum_{p}\ln\left( 1 - \frac{1}{(ep)^{1/2}} \right){\ln(p)}$$
Here $p$ runs through all primes and $e$ is Euler's constant.
We can see that the sum ...
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Efficient way for computation of derivatives of $f(x) = \zeta(1-x) + 1/x $ at integer x?
[This question is copied from math.stackexchange, it didn't get answers so far]
For some exercises with (divergent) summation of the Stieltjes constants,see also MSE I'm trying a formula, which ...
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Is there an option to handle Neumann-series when it diverges? (using infinite-sized Carleman matrices)
(I asked this in MSE but did not find resonance, there is also a relation to an older discussion here on summability see here and a followup formulating an $\text{ais}()$ already here)
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Convergence and roots of alternating periodic infinite series
Let $0<\alpha <1$ and $\beta > 0$. Consider the mapping $$F(\alpha, \beta) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}\biggl( \cos \left(\beta\ln(n)\right)\biggr)}{n^{\alpha}}}.$$ Can we prove $F(...
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