The theory of the Collatz process and the method of dynamical balls
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| author | Agama, Theophilus |
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| contents | In this paper, we introduce and develop the theory of the Collatz process and the method of dynamical balls. We leverage this theory to study the Collatz conjecture. This theory also has a subtle connection with the infamous problem of the distribution of Sophie Germain primes. We provide several formulations of the Collatz conjecture in this language. Furthermore, we introduce and develop the notion of dynamical systems induced by fixed $a\in \mathbb{N}$ and their associated induced dynamical balls. We develop tools to study problems that require determining the convergence of certain sequences generated by iterating on a fixed integer. |
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| spellingShingle | The theory of the Collatz process and the method of dynamical balls Agama, Theophilus General Mathematics 40Axx, 40Cxx In this paper, we introduce and develop the theory of the Collatz process and the method of dynamical balls. We leverage this theory to study the Collatz conjecture. This theory also has a subtle connection with the infamous problem of the distribution of Sophie Germain primes. We provide several formulations of the Collatz conjecture in this language. Furthermore, we introduce and develop the notion of dynamical systems induced by fixed $a\in \mathbb{N}$ and their associated induced dynamical balls. We develop tools to study problems that require determining the convergence of certain sequences generated by iterating on a fixed integer. |
| title | The theory of the Collatz process and the method of dynamical balls |
| topic | General Mathematics 40Axx, 40Cxx |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13828 |