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A note on the $3x+1$ conjecture

General Mathematics 2021-11-24 v3

Abstract

Let gg be a map from the set of positive integers into itself defined as follows: Let xx be a positive integer. If xx is odd, then g(x)=3x+1g(x)=3x+1, and if xx is even, then g(x)=x/2g(x)=x/2. The 3x+13x+1 conjecture, also called the Collatz conjecture, states: For any positive integer xx there exists another positive integer mm such that the mm-iterate of xx under the map gg is equal to 11, i.e. gm(x)=1g^m(x)=1. We provide some information related with this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2110.12228,
  title  = {A note on the $3x+1$ conjecture},
  author = {J. Llibre and C. Valls},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.12228},
  year   = {2021}
}
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