Lagarias' Periodicity Conjecture for the 3x+1 conjugacy map

Let Z2\mathbb Z_2 denote the ring of 2-adic integers, and let Q:Z2Z2Q:\mathbb Z_2\to\mathbb Z_2 be the 3x+1 conjugacy map. A 2-adic integer is rational when it belongs to Q\mathbb Q. Lagarias' Periodicity Conjecture. For every xZ2x\in\mathbb Z_2, Q(x)Q(x) is rational if and only if xx is rational. This conjecture would imply that every rational point of Z2\mathbb Z_2 is preperiodic under the 3x+1 map; the supplied text gives no resolution evidence beyond its attribution to Lagarias.

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Olivier Rozier, “Parity sequences of the 3x+1 map on the 2-adic integers and Euclidean embedding”, arXiv:1805.00133 (2025).

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