A note on two Collatz evolution flows

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Autori principali: Alegría, Francisco, Morales, Matías, Muñoz, Claudio, Poblete, Felipe
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author Alegría, Francisco
Morales, Matías
Muñoz, Claudio
Poblete, Felipe
author_facet Alegría, Francisco
Morales, Matías
Muñoz, Claudio
Poblete, Felipe
contents Two evolution models based on the generalized Collatz operator are introduced. These models are characterized by coefficients $α$ and $β$ in the Collatz dynamics, and are suitably defined. Here, $α=β=1$, and $α=3$, $β=1$ correspond to the Nollatz and classical Collatz operators, respectively. In general, the first evolution model is a continuum, Fourier side based, motivated by the Cubic Szegő operator of Gérard and Grellier. The second evolution considers discrete time derivatives of the Collatz orbits. In this paper we describe the evolution of both models, with particular emphasis on dynamical properties. For the first one, it is proved local and global existence in the space $L^2(\mathbb T)$, and a one-to-one characterization of the existence of nontrivial periodic and unbounded orbits of the Collatz mapping in terms of particular set of solutions of this continuous Collatz flow. For the discrete part, a sort of discrete energy is introduced. This energy has the property of being conserved by the discrete flow. An estimate of each term in this energy is given, proving suitable growth bounds. Finally, the meaning of the discrete time derivative for the generalized Collatz orbits is discussed. It is proved that, except for the Nollatz and Collatz operators, the sum of coefficients related to this discrete time derivative is an increasing sequence in $n$ as the iteration parameter $n$ evolves.
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spellingShingle A note on two Collatz evolution flows
Alegría, Francisco
Morales, Matías
Muñoz, Claudio
Poblete, Felipe
Analysis of PDEs
Dynamical Systems
Two evolution models based on the generalized Collatz operator are introduced. These models are characterized by coefficients $α$ and $β$ in the Collatz dynamics, and are suitably defined. Here, $α=β=1$, and $α=3$, $β=1$ correspond to the Nollatz and classical Collatz operators, respectively. In general, the first evolution model is a continuum, Fourier side based, motivated by the Cubic Szegő operator of Gérard and Grellier. The second evolution considers discrete time derivatives of the Collatz orbits. In this paper we describe the evolution of both models, with particular emphasis on dynamical properties. For the first one, it is proved local and global existence in the space $L^2(\mathbb T)$, and a one-to-one characterization of the existence of nontrivial periodic and unbounded orbits of the Collatz mapping in terms of particular set of solutions of this continuous Collatz flow. For the discrete part, a sort of discrete energy is introduced. This energy has the property of being conserved by the discrete flow. An estimate of each term in this energy is given, proving suitable growth bounds. Finally, the meaning of the discrete time derivative for the generalized Collatz orbits is discussed. It is proved that, except for the Nollatz and Collatz operators, the sum of coefficients related to this discrete time derivative is an increasing sequence in $n$ as the iteration parameter $n$ evolves.
title A note on two Collatz evolution flows
topic Analysis of PDEs
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.17650