A Harmonic Series Paradox (TANTON Mathematics) @DrJamesTanton
A Harmonic Series Paradox (TANTON Mathematics)  @DrJamesTanton
Uploaded October 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Here's a cute, but disturbing, geometric interpretation of two famous series in mathematics: the harmonic series (which sums to an infinite value) and the Basel series (which sums to a finite value). Put the two together and ... WHOA!
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