Checking the Collatz conjecture (with Calcpad)

The Collatz conjecture is one of the most interesting and still unsolved problems in mathematics. It is named after the German mathematician Lothar Collatz (1910 – 1990), who invented it. It sounds very simple, and it is hard to believe that no one has managed to prove it so far: Pick a random integer >Continue reading “Checking the Collatz conjecture (with Calcpad)”