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A matricial view of the Collatz conjecture.

Authors :
Paparella, Pietro
Source :
Linear Algebra & its Applications. Aug2024, Vol. 695, p163-167. 5p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

It is shown that the nilpotency of submatrices of a certain class of adjacency matrices is equivalent to the Collatz conjecture. Our main result extends the previous work of Alves et al. and clarifies a conjecture made by Cardon and Tuckfield. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*LOGICAL prediction

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00243795
Volume :
695
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Linear Algebra & its Applications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177421781
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2024.05.003