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The Lorenz attractor was introduced in 1963 by E. N. Lorenz as one of the first examples of \emph{strange attractors}. However Lorenz' research was mainly based on (non-rigourous) numerical simulations and, until recently, the proof of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-02-15 Daniel Graca , Cristobal Rojas , Ning Zhong

The $3x+1$ problem, also called the Collatz conjecture, is a very interesting unsolved mathematical problem related to computer science. This paper generalized this problem by relaxing the constraints, i.e., generalizing this deterministic…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-11-25 Bojin Zheng , Yangqian Su , Hongrun Wu , Li Kuang

We show an iterated function of which iterates oscillate wildly and grow at a dizzying pace. We conjecture that the orbit of arbitrary positive integer always returns to 1, as in the case of Collatz function. The conjecture is supported by…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-02 David Barina

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 $3n+p$, where $p$ is odd.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-09 M. J. Wensink

We describe Novikov's "higher signature conjecture," which dates back to the late 1960's, as well as many alternative formulations and related problems. The Novikov Conjecture is perhaps the most important unsolved problem in…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Jonathan Rosenberg

Fred Galvin's amazing proof of the Dinitiz conjecture is used to illustrate the method of undetermined generalization and specialization.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Doron Zeilberger

In a very celebrated paper A. Connes has formulated a conjecture which is now one of the most important open problem in Operator Algebras. This importance comes from the works of many mathematicians who have found some unexpected equivalent…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2010-03-11 Valerio Capraro

From 1873 to 1897, Georg Cantor worked on developing set theory, and despite a strong initial resistance, it rapidly became accepted as the foundation of mathematics. In this work, however, we'll demonstrate that Cantor's use of infinity is…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Emmanuel Rochette

In this note, we use the method of [3] to give a simple proof of famous Witten conjecture. Combining the coefficients derived in our note and this method, we can derive more recursion formulas of Hodge integrals.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Lin Chen , Yi Li , Kefeng Liu

First proved my Donald Martin in 1975, the result of Borel determinacy has been the subject of multiple revised proofs. Following Martin's book [1], we present a recent streamlined proof which implements ideas of Martin, Moschovakis, and…

Logic · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Thomas Buffard , Gabriel Levrel , Sam Mayo

I show here that there are three different kinds of iterations for the reduced Collatz algorithm; depending on whether the root of the number is odd or even. There is only one kind of iteration if the root is odd and two kinds if the root…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Leonel Sternberg

Ce texte est une d\'emontration compl\`ete de la conjecture de Catalan \'elabor\' ee \`a la suite d'un s\'eminaire fait \`a Lausanne entre 2002 et 2004, juste apr\`es l'annonce de la merveilleuse preuve de Preda Mihailescu

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jacques Boéchat , Maurice Mischler

In his famous presentation at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Paris in 1900, David Hilbert included the Riemann Hypothesis on zeros of $\zeta -$function as number 8 in his list of 23 challenging problems published…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Vladimir Ryazanov

Collatz conjecture is generalized to $3n+3^k$ ($k\in N$). Operating as usual, every sequence seems to reach $3^k$ and end up in the loop $3^k, 4.3^k, 2.3^k,3^k$. The usual $3n+1$ conjecture is recovered for $k=0$. For $k>0$, we noticed the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-12-02 Naouel Boulkaboul

We survey the impact of Lieb's influential paper "Proofs of some conjectures on permanents" [J. Math. Mech. 16 1966, 127-134], which introduced the famous permanental dominance conjecture. This conjecture has defied all attacks for over…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Ian M. Wanless

The celebrated Mason's conjecture states that the sequence of independent set numbers of any matroid is log-concave, and even ultra log-concave. The strong form of Mason's conjecture was independently solved by Anari, Liu, Oveis Gharan and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Shiqi Cao , Keyi Chen , Yitian Li , Yuxin Wu

Professor Cadogan at the University of the West Indies identified special starting points that yield long subsequences where the normalization constant, k, is always one. I studied these special sequences and found an implicit mixed integer…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2011-08-23 Thomas W. Lynch

In this paper, a simple explanation for the Goldbach Conjecture is given. We have shown that the probability of violating the conjecture not only for the prime numbers, but also for any subset of natural numbers whose distribution is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Ameneh Farhadian , Hamid Reza Fanai

The scope of the present work is to explain why it is true that all N have a distinct position in The Collatz Tree (The Collatz Graph)

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-09-03 R. Bruun

Since a few years, the Schr\"odinger problem captures the attention of a growing community of mathematicians interested in optimal transport problems. The first result of existence of a solution to this problem dates back to 1940, when…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Christian Léonard
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