Collatz Conjecture

If the number is even, divide it by 2 if it's odd multiply it by 3 and add 1 and repeat. You can choose a number to test.

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uh what

How about we test the number 27.

27, 82, 41, 124, 62, 31, 94, 47, 142, 71, 214, 107, 322, 161, 484, 242, 121, 364, 182, 91, 274, 137, 412, 206, 103, 310, 155, 466, 233, 700, 350, 175, 526, 263, 790, 395, 1186, 593, 1780, 890, 445, 1336, 668, 334, 167, 502, 251, 754, 377, 1132, 566, 283, 850, 425, 1276, 638, 319, 958, 479, 1438, 719, 2158, 1079, 3238, 1619, 4858, 2429, 7288, 3644, 1822, 911, 2734, 1367, 4102, 2051, 6154, 3077, 9232, 4616, 2308, 1154, 577, 1732, 866, 433, 1300, 650, 325, 976, 488, 244, 122, 61, 184, 92, 46, 23, 70, 35, 106, 53, 160, 80, 40, 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1

um 2

2, 1, 4, 2, 1 Loop.

negative numbers lead to a loop

It is neither proven nor disproven.

As interesting as this topic is, how is this relevant to 4PC? This is a 4 Player Chess club, not a maths club.

Try doing this from 4,2,1 in reverse. E.g., 1,2,4,8,16,5,10,20,40,80,160,53,...

Or: 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,21,42,84,...

man i just had my 8th grade exams and now i see this. thought i came here to see some 4pc content, not even more maths.

I want to make a game: Imagine in the number 7. Each time you find a uneven number, multiply it by 3 and next, add 1. If it´s even, divide it by 2. since 7 is uneven you have to multiply it by 3 and add 1 to the result. The next is up to you! °___¿___°

22 is the next number. What do you think is next?

What

who will win

This guy

HOW IS THIS RELATED TO CHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Because it is numbers and numbers are in chess.

Bruh