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The Collatz Conjecture

Iterating n to n/2 for even n and 3n+1 for odd n reaches 1 from every positive integer.

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Derived, and unstated

Each of these follows from links two or more papers assert, but no paper in the corpus states it. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and the tier below reports that weakest link, not the best one.

  1. Nothing composes yet. That happens when the recorded links do not yet chain: a new paper reducing something to one of the classical criteria below is what starts it.

What would settle it

  1. No routes recorded yet.

What it would settle

  1. No consequences recorded yet.