• problems in mathematics) The Collatz conjecture is one of the most famous unsolved problems in mathematics. The conjecture asks whether repeating two simple...
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    a counterexample farther than previously done. For instance, the Collatz conjecture, which concerns whether or not certain sequences of integers terminate...
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  • 4 ➙ ...} is the sixteenth prime number, 53. When generalizing the Collatz conjecture to all positive or negative integers, −5 becomes one of only four...
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  • still open Collatz conjecture or the "3x + 1 problem". The 3x + 1 semigroup has been used to prove a weaker form of the Collatz conjecture. In fact, it...
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    The "3x + 1" problem is also known as the Collatz conjecture, named after him and still unsolved. The Collatz–Wielandt formula for the Perron–Frobenius...
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    Retrieved 2022-10-01. Cruncher Pete (2011-09-02). "Information on Collatz Conjecture". Archived from the original on 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2012-02-03....
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  • 2+3+5+7=17{\displaystyle 2+3+5+7=17}, with 7 the fourth indexed prime. In the Collatz conjecture (i.e. the 3n+1{\displaystyle 3n+1} problem), a starting value of 27...
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    public, and named after their maker (for example, Goldbach's conjecture and Collatz conjecture). The term hypothesis is also used in this sense (for example...
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  • conjecture Kelvin's conjecture Kouchnirenko's conjecture Mertens conjecture Pólya conjecture, 1919 (1958) Ragsdale conjecture Schoenflies conjecture (disproved...
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    the esoteric programming language FRACTRAN. While lecturing on the Collatz conjecture, Terence Tao (who was taught by him in graduate school) mentioned...
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