The odd cycles conjecture for the 3x+1 conjugacy map

Let QQ be the 3x+1 conjugacy map on Z2\mathbb Z_2, and call a periodic orbit an odd cycle when all its elements are odd. Odd Cycles Conjecture. The function QQ has exactly two odd fixed points, 1-1 and 1/31/3, and exactly two odd cycles of prime period 22, namely

(13,1)and(15,57).\left(-\frac{1}{3},1\right)\quad\text{and}\quad\left(-\frac{1}{5},\frac{5}{7}\right).

There exists no other odd cycle, rational or not. The claim is motivated by the paper's numerical search, which found no QQ-cycle of prime period greater than 22.

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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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