Abstract
The paper presents two algorithms giving all the iterations of the 3x + 1 problem (Collatz conjecture) and shows how one can find the smallest integer whose number of iterations is a given number.
- Title
- THE 3x
- Creators - without role
- J. Alaya - Qassim UniversityM. J. Atia - Qassim UniversityB. Bouras - University of Kairouan
- Publication Details
- JP journal of algebra, number theory and applications, Vol.46(1), pp.21-33
- Publisher
- Pushpa Publishing House
- Number of pages
- 13
- Identifiers
- 9928105508331
- Academic Unit
- Qassim University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article