@@dandemen using the technique in this case would give you a result of zero. However, this problem is a bit ambiguous in that you could get a result of zero or one. I agree that it’s not applicable in all cases. In fact, using a similar technique on the sum of all positive integers yields -1/12, which holds significance in number theory and theoretical physics. If you’re curious to learn more about it, you can check out some videos on it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w-I6XTVZXww.htmlsi=puFwoFmAxZrKOdLL