<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Collatz conjecture states that iterating the map that takes even natural number n to
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and odd natural number n to 3n + 1, will eventually obtain 1. In this paper a new generalization of the Collatz conjecture is analyzed and some interesting results are obtained. Since Collatz conjecture can be seen as a particular case of the generalization introduced in this articule, several more general conjectures are also presented.</p></abstract>

Collatz conjecture states that iterating the map that takes even natural number n to
n2{n \over 2}
and odd natural number n to 3n + 1, will eventually obtain 1. In this paper a new generalization of the Collatz conjecture is analyzed and some interesting results are obtained. Since Collatz conjecture can be seen as a particular case of the generalization introduced in this articule, several more general conjectures are also presented.

Collatz conjecture revisited: an elementary generalization

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Mathematica

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Collatz conjecture states that iterating the map that takes even natural number n to
n2{n \over 2}
and odd natural number n to 3n + 1, will eventually obtain...

Collatz conjecture revisited: an elementary generalization

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 112 - 127

Received: Aug 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausm-2020-0007

Keywords
Collatz conjecture

© 2020 Amauri Gutierrez, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Collatz conjecture revisited: an elementary generalization

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 112 - 127

Received: Aug 16, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausm-2020-0007

KeywordsCollatz conjecture

© 2020 Amauri Gutierrez, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Collatz conjecture