%0 Journal Article
%T A Solution to the 3x + 1 Problem
%A David C. Kay
%J American Journal of Computational Mathematics
%P 371-377
%@ 2161-1211
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajcm.2023.132020
%X The author makes the claim to have a solution for the famous 3<i>x</i> + 1 problem. The key to its solution is a special proof that the
term (3 +</span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><i><span style=\"line-height:102%;font-family:&quot;\">ŠĆ</span></i></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">)<i><sup>r</sup></i><span> </span>is a non-integer, as well as the use
of properties of extremal points of a Collatz sequence.
%K Collatz Sequences
%K Extreme Points
%K Pre-Extreme Sequence
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125987