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by fxj 2511 days ago
The value is the analytic continuation of Riemann's Zeta function at the argument -1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_zeta_function

There are several methods to define finite sums for divergent series. See the wikipedia article for a comprehensive list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_series