mech@feddit.org to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 22 hours agoI'd do it out of scientific curiosity.feddit.orgimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1169
arrow-up1169imageI'd do it out of scientific curiosity.feddit.orgmech@feddit.org to Math Memes@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareLauchmelder@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 hours 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-up10·19 hours agoIt isn’t stated wrongly: 2n+1 get on, which means 3n+1 are on board
minus-squareWirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours 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.