The odd cycles conjecture for the 3x+1 conjugacy map
The odd cycles conjecture for the 3x+1 conjugacy map
Let be the 3x+1 conjugacy map on , and call a periodic orbit an odd cycle when all its elements are odd. Odd Cycles Conjecture. The function has exactly two odd fixed points, and , and exactly two odd cycles of prime period , namely
There exists no other odd cycle, rational or not. The claim is motivated by the paper's numerical search, which found no -cycle of prime period greater than .
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Primary source
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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