Collatz conjecture

English

Etymology

Named after Lothar Collatz, who first proposed it in 1937.

Proper noun

Collatz conjecture

1. (mathematics) The conjecture that the process of taking a number $n$ and, if $n$ is even, dividing it by 2, or if $n$ is odd, multiplying it by 3 and adding 1, then repeating this process, will eventually yield 1.

Translations

the conjecture

• Icelandic: tilgáta Collatz f