by John on (#6QB1M)
It is well known that the harmonic series 1 + + + 1/4 + ... diverges. But if you take the denominators as numbers in base 11 or higher, the series converges [1]. I wonder what inspired this observation. Maybe Brewster was bored, teaching yet another cohort of students that the harmonic series [...]The post A strange take on the harmonic series first appeared on John D. Cook.