The simple math hid a thorny problem, however, and no one has ever proved the Collatz conjecture. Recently, a mathematician at the University of Hamburg has published a proof of the conjecture.

About a year ago Australian-American mathematician Terence Tao gave a proof that "almost all Collatz orbits attain almost bounded values".

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Collatz Conjecture perpetual thread From the Wikipedia: quote: The Collatz conjecture is an unsolved conjecture in mathematics. It is named after Lothar Collatz, who first proposed it in 1937. The ...

Tao has made huge progress on the Collatz conjecture, a simple-seeming puzzle that has bedeviled hapless mathematicians for decades.

The Collatz Conjecture is a deceptively simple math problem. It has only two rules. First, pick any number. If it's even, divide it by two. If it's odd, multiply it by three and add one. This will ...

A prize of 120 million Japanese yen will be paid to whoever has elucidated the truth of the Collatz conjecture. For details, please visit the following prize site.

Posted by Slicker on the Collatz forums: Due to a variety of server scheduling problems that have not been able to be resolved, Collatz will be phasing out the multi-size workunits over the next ...