Math Jokes

Theorem: 1 = 1/2:

Proof:


We can re-write the infinite series 1/(1*3) + 1/(3*5) + 1/(5*7) + 1/(7*9)

+...


as 1/2((1/1 - 1/3) + (1/3 - 1/5) + (1/5 - 1/7) + (1/7 - 1/9) + ... ).

All terms after 1/1 cancel, so that the sum is 1/2.


We can also re-write the series as (1/1 - 2/3) + (2/3 - 3/5) + (3/5 - 4/7)

+ (4/7 - 5/9) + ...


All terms after 1/1 cancel, so that the sum is 1.


Thus 1/2 = 1.