Euler's identity: Does it get better than this?

[Wainwright]

A thing of great beauty;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26151062

- high praise from the BBC there Peter

[gutuami]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... = -1/12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-I6XTVZXww

[Wyndon]

I find Euler's identity almost mystical in the way it combines these fundamentals of mathematics/nature - and the proof is relatively straightforward for someone with a little mathematical knowledge.

[Euler]

Thought my cover was blown when I read the title

But that equation is a thing of beauty. I discovered it while learning to model football markets.