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But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation

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But what is the Riemann zeta function? Visualizing analytic continuation

3Blue1Brown visualizes the Riemann zeta function and the analytic continuation that extends it beyond where its series converges, building toward the Riemann hypothesis.

HN praises its visualizations, its handling of the -1/12 result, and its ending, and often prefers it to other explanations of the topic.

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