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Why -1/12 is a gold nugget

Why -1/12 is a gold nugget

Featuring Professor Edward Frenkel.

Okay, the links...
1. New vid on the Riemann Hypothesis explains where -1/12 comes from: http://youtu.be/d6c6uIyieoo
2.The original videos at http://youtu.be/w-I6XTVZXww AND http://youtu.be/E-d9mgo8FGk
3. A useful blog from Tony Padilla: http://bit.ly/TonyResponse
4. NY Times article on this: http://nyti.ms/1iftqSv
5. Terry Tao on this topic: http://bit.ly/TaoAnalytic

Prof Edward Frenkel's book Love and Math: http://amzn.to/1g6XP6j

Professor Frenkel is a mathematics professor at the University of California, Berkeley - http://edwardfrenkel.com

Animation by Pete McPartlan

63 and -7/4 are special

63 and -7/4 are special

Pi me a River

Pi me a River