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Using the harmonic series we can build an infinitely long bridge. It takes a very long time though. A faster method was discovered in 2009.
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There’s actually more than one way to build an infinitely long bridge. The traditional method is shown in many calculus classes but a super-fast method of building this bridge was demonstrated by two mathematicians in 2009.
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