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On the Convergence of the Density of Terras' Set

Dynamical Systems 2023-10-16 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

The Collatz Conjecture's connection to dynamical systems opens it to a variety of techniques aimed at recurrence and density results. First, we turn to density results and strengthen the result of Terras through finding a strict rate of convergence. This rate gives a preliminary result on the Triangle Conjecture, which describes a set nodes that would dominate LC={yNTk(y)>y,kN}L^{C} = \{y \in \N \, | \, T^{k}(y) > y , \,\forall k \in \N \}. Second, we extend prior arguments to show that the construction of several classes of measures imply the bounded trajectories piece of the Collatz Conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2310.08749,
  title  = {On the Convergence of the Density of Terras' Set},
  author = {Idris Assani and Ethan Ebbighausen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.08749},
  year   = {2023}
}