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Reduced Collatz Dynamics is Periodical and the Period Equals 2 to the Power of the Count of x/2

Wei Ren
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In this paper, we prove that reduced dynamics on Collatz conjecture is periodical, and its period equals 2 to the power of the count of x/2 computation in the reduced dynamics. More specifically, if there exists reduced dynamics of x (that is, start from an integer x and the computation will go to an integer less than x), then there must also exist reduced dynamics of x+P (that is, if starting from an integer x+P, then computation will go to an integer less than x+P), where P equals 2 to the power of L, and L is the total count of x/2 computations (i.e., computational times) in the reduced dynamics of x (note that, equivalently, L is also the length of the reduced dynamics of x). Therefore, the power (or output) of this period property, which is discovered and proved in this paper, is - the study of the existence of reduced dynamics of x will result in the existence of reduced dynamics of x+P (and iteratively x+n*P, n is a positive integer). Hence, only partition of integers needs to be verified for the existence of their reduced dynamics. Finally, if any starting integer x can be verified for the existence of its reduced dynamics, then Collatz Conjecture will be True (due to our proposed Reduced Collatz Conjecture).

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Wei Ren. 2023-04-18. Reduced Collatz Dynamics is Periodical and the Period Equals 2 to the Power of the Count of x/2. https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.10491

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