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Riemann's paradox: pi = infinity minus infinity

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With the help of a very famous mathematician, the Mathologer sets out to show how you can subtract infinity from infinity in a legit way to get exactly pi.

By rearranging and rebracketing the terms for this convergent series, it changed the sum of the equation. True or false?

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