(Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing, 210042, China)
Abstract
:
This article introduces a change rule of
3x+1
problem (Collatz conjecture)
- LiKe's rule. It shows that: For any positive integer, change by the rules. 1. Powers of
2 can directly to 1; 2. Evens(except Powers of 2) will convert to an odd number; 3.
All odd numbers will convert to a number of LiKe
’
s second sequence(
2, 8, 26, 80,
…
,
3
n