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Why there are no mappings to infinity under the Collatz map (and similar)

Number Theory 2019-10-09 v1

Abstract

Following up on earlier work, I suggest why there are no mappings to infinity under the Collatz conjecture, nor under other mappings of the generalization 3n+p3n+p, where pp is odd.

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@article{arxiv.1910.03289,
  title  = {Why there are no mappings to infinity under the Collatz map (and similar)},
  author = {M. J. Wensink},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.03289},
  year   = {2019}
}