Collatz conjecture

English

Etymology

Named after Lothar Collatz, who first proposed it in 1937.

Proper noun

Collatz conjecture

(mathematics) The conjecture that the process of taking a number $n$ and, if $n$ is even, dividing it by 2, or if $n$ is odd, multiplying it by 3 and adding 1, then repeating this process, will eventually yield 1.

Translations

the conjecture

Icelandic: tilgáta Collatz f

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