Question Number 102745 by Dwaipayan Shikari last updated on 10/Jul/20
$$\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{1}+.....=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\:\:\:\left\{{But}\:{it}\:{diverges}\right. \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{1}+......=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\:\:\:\:\:\:\left\{{But}\:{it}\:{diverges}\right. \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{2}+\mathrm{4}+\mathrm{8}+\mathrm{16}+.....=−\mathrm{1}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\left\{{But}\:{it}\:{diverges}\right. \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{2}+\mathrm{3}+\mathrm{4}+\mathrm{5}+\mathrm{6}+\mathrm{7}=−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{12}}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\left\{{But}\:{it}\:{diverges}\right. \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{2}+\mathrm{4}−\mathrm{8}+.....=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\left\{{But}\:{it}\:{diverges}\right. \\ $$$$\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{2}+\mathrm{3}−\mathrm{4}+\mathrm{5}−\mathrm{6}+.....=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\left\{{Is}\:{it}\:{a}\:{divergent}?????\right. \\ $$
Commented by Dwaipayan Shikari last updated on 10/Jul/20
$${Funny}\:{great}\:{sequences} \\ $$
Commented by prakash jain last updated on 10/Jul/20
See the link below to get an idea behind theory for calculating these sum of divergent series. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_continuation also this link given some additional info about other summation methods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_series