scholarly journals 3n+1 Problem and its Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Bishnu Hari Subedi ◽  
Ajaya Singh

The subject of this paper is the well-known 3n + 1 problem of elementary number theory. This problem concerns with the behaviour of the iteration of a function which takes odd integers n to 3n + 1, and even integers n to n/2. There is a famous Collatz conjecture associated to this problem which asserts that, starting from any positive integer n, repeated iteration of the function eventually produces the value. We briefly discuss some basic facts and results of 3n + 1 problem and Collatz conjecture. Basically, we more concentrate on the generalization of this problem and conjecture to holomorphic dynamics.

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Artur Korniłowicz ◽  
Dariusz Surowik

Summary In this paper problems 14, 15, 29, 30, 34, 78, 83, 97, and 116 from [6] are formalized, using the Mizar formalism [1], [2], [3]. Some properties related to the divisibility of prime numbers were proved. It has been shown that the equation of the form p 2 + 1 = q 2 + r 2, where p, q, r are prime numbers, has at least four solutions and it has been proved that at least five primes can be represented as the sum of two fourth powers of integers. We also proved that for at least one positive integer, the sum of the fourth powers of this number and its successor is a composite number. And finally, it has been shown that there are infinitely many odd numbers k greater than zero such that all numbers of the form 22 n + k (n = 1, 2, . . . ) are composite.


2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 4785-4788
Author(s):  
Bin Chen

For any Positive Integer N, LetΦ(n)andS(n)Denote the Euler Function and the Smarandache Function of the Integer N.In this Paper, we Use the Elementary Number Theory Methods to Get the Solutions of the Equation Φ(n)=S(nk) if the K=9, and Give its All Positive Integer Solutions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Yasutsugu Fujita ◽  
◽  
Maohua Le ◽  

For any positive integer t, let ord_2 t denote the order of 2 in the factorization of t. Let a,\,b be two distinct fixed positive integers with \min\{a,b\}>1. In this paper, using some elementary number theory methods, the existence of positive integer solutions (x,n) of the polynomial-exponential Diophantine equation (*) (a^n-1)(b^n-1)=x^2 with n>2 is discussed. We prove that if \{a,b\}\ne \{13,239\} and ord_2(a^2-1)\ne ord_2(b^2-1), then (*) has no solutions (x,n) with 2\mid n. Thus it can be seen that if \{a,b\}\equiv \{3,7\},\{3,15\},\{7,11\},\{7,15\} or \{11,15\} \pmod{16}, where \{a,b\} \equiv \{a_0,b_0\} \pmod{16} means either a \equiv a_0 \pmod{16} and b \equiv b_0\pmod{16} or a\equiv b_0 \pmod{16} and b\equiv a_0 \pmod{16}, then (*) has no solutions (x,n).


2016 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Gary L. Mullen ◽  
James A. Sellers

2019 ◽  
pp. 239-244
Author(s):  
Richard Evan Schwartz

This chapter proves some number-theoretic results about the sequences defined in Chapter 23. It proceeds as follows. Section 24.2 proves Lemma 24.1, a multipart structural result. Section 24.3 takes care of several number-theoretic details left over from Section 23.6 and Section 23.7.


2019 ◽  
pp. 227-238
Author(s):  
Richard Evan Schwartz

This is the first of four chapters giving a self-contained proof of Theorem 0.7. Section 23.2 describes a sequence of even rationals {pn/qn} that converges to A. Section 23.3 states the two main technical results, the Box Theorem and the Copy Theorem. Section 23.4 shows how to choose a sequence {cn}. Section 23.5 states three auxiliary results about arc copying in the plaid model. Section 23.6 deduces the Box Theorem from one of these auxiliary lemmas. Section 23.7 deduces the Copy Theorem from the auxiliary lemmas and some elementary number theory. Thus, after this chapter ends, the only remaining task is to prove the auxiliary copy lemmas and prove a few lemmas in elementary number theory.


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