The 3x+1 Problem: An Overview

By Jeffrey C. Lagarias. 2021

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This paper is an overview and survey of work on the 3x+1 problem, also called the Collatz problem, and generalizations of it. It gives a history of the problem. It addresses two questions: (1) What can mathematics currently say about this problem? (as of 2010). (2) How can this problem be hard, when it is so easy to state?

Subfields: Computational Theory and Mathematics, Statistics and Probability

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