Paradoxical behavior in Collatz sequences

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2026.115167MaRDI QIDQ7285270zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Olivier Rozier, Claude Terracol

Publication date 19 June 2026

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DISC.2026.115167

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recurrences (11B37) Special sequences and polynomials (11B83)

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