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A Solution to the 3x + 1 ProblemDOI: 10.4236/ajcm.2023.132020, PP. 371-377 Keywords: Collatz Sequences, Extreme Points, Pre-Extreme Sequence Abstract: The author makes the claim to have a solution for the famous 3x + 1 problem. The key to its solution is a special proof that the term (3 + ε)r is a non-integer, as well as the use of properties of extremal points of a Collatz sequence.
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