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::: It's pretty obvious the person you replied to has a head for mathematics. If you really think this is at all similar to the Goatee Guy from [[675: Revolutionary]], then you are sorely mistaken. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.59.84|172.68.59.84]] 13:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC) | ::: It's pretty obvious the person you replied to has a head for mathematics. If you really think this is at all similar to the Goatee Guy from [[675: Revolutionary]], then you are sorely mistaken. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.59.84|172.68.59.84]] 13:40, 22 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
:: It seems way too general to be much more than "asked," and I am sure that it has been addressed in its simpler forms. In any case, there is enough amateur, recreational, and serious mathematical literature on it to find out that there are indeed two failure cases: a starting Collatz number results in an infinitely increasing sequence, or a loop exists apart from the 4-2-1 loop. (Curiously enough, some loops exist when negative numbers are allowed.) Stuff like this and Goldbach made me realize just how hard simple things can get. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 03:04, 20 August 2013 (UTC) | :: It seems way too general to be much more than "asked," and I am sure that it has been addressed in its simpler forms. In any case, there is enough amateur, recreational, and serious mathematical literature on it to find out that there are indeed two failure cases: a starting Collatz number results in an infinitely increasing sequence, or a loop exists apart from the 4-2-1 loop. (Curiously enough, some loops exist when negative numbers are allowed.) Stuff like this and Goldbach made me realize just how hard simple things can get. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 03:04, 20 August 2013 (UTC) | ||
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Just for fun, here's 710's Collatz Trajectory. | Just for fun, here's 710's Collatz Trajectory. |