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Reasonable Hope (Math) · Wednesday · 4 min

The Boundary Between Two Outcomes

The harmonic series grows forever even though its terms approach zero. Change its exponent by the smallest amount, however, and the series converges. Sometimes the boundary between two entirely different outcomes is not a wide region but a precise line.

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The harmonic series grows forever even though its terms approach zero. Change its exponent by the smallest amount, however, and the series converges. Sometimes the boundary between two entirely different outcomes is not a wide region but a precise line.