HeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uktoSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal@midwest.social•Promise (2024-11-11)
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3 days agoYou’re probably gonna hate this, but I think it actually matters how you add them up. Cuz think if you add 0 + 1 + 2 - 1 + 3 - 2 + 4… that pattern will always be positive. (And this is assuming we’re only using integers)
I also can’t remember the maths, but iirc the -1/12 value is based on a faulty assumption somewhere in the calculation (probably dividing by 0 at some point)