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Collatz — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 9232127 reaches 1 in 111 steps, after climbing to 9232the vertical scale is logarithmic, because the climb is the interesting part and it is steep

    The question nobody can answer

    Halve it if it is even, triple it and add one if it is odd. Every number anyone has tried comes down to one. Nobody can prove they all do, and the reason is not that the problem is hard to state.

    rung 1 · dynamics

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