The assertion about the value of the zeta function at negative integers then comes immediately from the definition of the Bernoulli numbers in terms of the coefficients of a power series, namely t/(eᵗ-1)=∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲B_n(tⁿ)/(n!)

I have always considered Pascal's Wager a questionable bet to place, since any God worth believing in would prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite.

I mean lookswise. Is he gorgeous, or a gorgon, or somewhere in between?

The finishing operations consisted of shearing the nap from the cloth, and frizzing, or cottoning, the surface, by pressing with hot irons.