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Collatz conjecture

Collatz conjecture proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Collatz conjecture

  1. 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.

Origin of Collatz conjecture

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

Questions about Collatz conjecture

What does Collatz conjecture mean?
Collatz conjecture means 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.
What part of speech is Collatz conjecture?
Collatz conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Collatz conjecture in the dictionary

  1. collatiue
  2. collative
  3. collator
  4. collators
  5. collats
  6. Collatz conjecture
  7. collaud
  8. collaude
  9. collauded
  10. collauding
  11. collauds

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