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The thing impendia is referring to there is analytic continuation, which (as mentioned) is a way to extend the domain of a certain set of functions, like the ze
by OskarS 8y ago
The thing impendia is referring to there is analytic continuation, which (as mentioned) is a way to extend the domain of a certain set of functions, like the zeta function. It is perfectly rigorous. His/her language was just a short-hand for "don't worry about the details here, but it does work".
Mathematicians aren't stupid, and more than any other profession, they value rigor. They know what they're doing.
- taneq 8y agoRigor in logic but, it seems to me, not often rigor in description. There's a lot of willingness to say "if we change rule X to mean something totally other, then you can do this thing" and then just describe it as "you can do this thing". Sure, but "this thing" now means something different.