Year: 2021
Type: preprint
Abstract: 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?
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Lagarias, Jeffrey C.
Language: English
Subfield: Mathematical Physics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W3208231123