Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agoI'd do it out of scientific curiosity.feddit.orgimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1178
arrow-up1178imageI'd do it out of scientific curiosity.feddit.orgPommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareLauchmelder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoIt’s stated wrongly. The Collatz Conjecture is about the case where you triple an odd number and add one, that way you enter a loop if you get down to 1 (1 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1)
minus-squareapotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoIt isn’t stated wrongly: 2n+1 get on, which means 3n+1 are on board
minus-squareWirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOH that makes sense, so I misread it.
It’s stated wrongly. The Collatz Conjecture is about the case where you triple an odd number and add one, that way you enter a loop if you get down to 1 (1 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1)
It isn’t stated wrongly: 2n+1 get on, which means 3n+1 are on board
touche
OH that makes sense, so I misread it.