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Offline rdc

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Collatz Conjecture
« on: October 20, 2009 »
Saw this on another forum:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture

I find it interesting that for such a simple mechanic, the mathematicians haven't been able to come up a proof for this yet. That is, whether all numbers will eventually reach 1.
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Re: Collatz Conjecture
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009 »
Very interesting indeed, thanks for this link  :)
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Re: Collatz Conjecture
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2009 »
Nowhere near as difficult a problem as the Reimann Hypothesis which is still on
Hilberts list of problems in mathematics. No one expects this one to be disproved either since it holds true in all cases tested so far.
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Re: Collatz Conjecture
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2009 »
Quote from: rain_storm on October 22, 2009
Nowhere near as difficult a problem as the Reimann Hypothesis which is still on
Hilberts list of problems in mathematics. No one expects this one to be disproved either since it holds true in all cases tested so far.

That was not an easy read.  I think I lost IQ points during that reading.
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Re: Collatz Conjecture
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2009 »
um.. 1+1=3?
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