Garner's conjecture on corresponding Collatz stems
Garner's conjecture on corresponding Collatz stems
Let be the accelerated Collatz map, and let and be the parity vectors
A pair of parity sequences and are corresponding stems if, for every integer , , while equal-length initial subsequences satisfy and .
Garner's conjecture. Every pair of corresponding stems is of the form and for some ; equivalently, any pair of consecutive integers of the same height has parity vectors for the non-overlapping parts of their trajectories ending in and .
The conjecture is intended to characterize consecutive integers with equal Collatz height through their parity vectors. The paper states that it has counterexamples, so this claim is refuted.
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Primary source
Marcus Elia and Amanda Tucker, “Consecutive Integers and the Collatz Conjecture”, arXiv:1511.09141 (2015).
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