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A generalization of the Collatz problem and conjecture

Number Theory 2008-10-30 v1

Abstract

We introduce an infinite set of integer mappings that generalize the well-known Collatz-Ulam mapping and we conjecture that an infinite subset of these mappings feature the remarkable property of the Collatz conjecture, namely that they converge to unity irrespective of which positive integer is chosen initially.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5169,
  title  = {A generalization of the Collatz problem and conjecture},
  author = {M. Bruschi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5169},
  year   = {2008}
}
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