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Also known as 1 − 2 + 3 −4...

infinite series

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Within Vinony's link graph, 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · · is referenced by 61 other articles, and connects out to divergent series, natural number and series.

Vinony files it under Divergent series and Mathematical paradoxes.

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The first 15,000 partial sums of 0 + 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ... The graph is situated with positive integers to the right and negative integers to the left.

In mathematics, 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ··· is an infinite series whose terms are the successive positive integers, given alternating signs. Using sigma summation notation the sum of the first m terms of the series can be expressed as

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