Can You Solve It? ( veritasium )

The Hidden Logic of the 3x+1 Problem From Veritasium

MathxMatrix on Instagram: "The infamous Collatz Conjecture also known as the “3x + 1” problem. And why it earned the title of most dangerous problem in the universe; The Setup: • Start with any positive integer. • If it’s even, divide it by 2. • If it’s odd, multiply by 3 and add 1. • Repeat the process. Eventually, every number tested so far falls into the loop: 1 → 4 → 2 → 1, no matter how large or strange the starting value. Mathematicians have tested numbers up to 2.36 \times 10^21 without f