An Investigation of the Collatz Conjecture

2019/01/04 by Koelzer, John G., Welling, Daniel J.
#FOS: Mathematics #General Mathematics (math.GM)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1901.01159

Abstract

This paper explores special conditions on the starting value of a Collatz sequence which imply that the Collatz conjecture is true. This is the result of the collaboration of a retired mathematics professor (Koelzer) and a retired physics professor (Welling).

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