myrmepropagandist on Nostr: To claim the sum 1/[2^n] over the natural numbers is 1 is the same as saying “if ...
To claim the sum 1/[2^n] over the natural numbers is 1 is the same as saying “if you flip a coin enough times eventually you will get heads.” Each longer sequence of tails is half as likely as the previous. And they are disjoint events. But, their sum must be 1. One of them must occur, and all of them end with heads. #math
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