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The present work will introduce a finite state machine fsm that processes any collatz sequence. A lie bracket decomposition and its application to ows on symmetric matrices, lin. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Suppose that collatz is false, not because of the existence a cycle other than 1 42 1, but because of the existence of numbers that never reach any cycle.
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