The arrival conjecture for Collatz-invariant measures

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Let Col:N→N\mathrm{Col}:\mathbb N\to\mathbb N be the Collatz map, and let μ\mu be a finitely additive Col\mathrm{Col}-invariant measure on N\mathbb N, with every singleton measurable. Define its arrival sequence by an:=μ({n})a_n:=\mu(\{n\}) for n>0n>0. Arrival conjecture. For all k≥1k\geq 1 such that ak>0a_k>0, we have a1>0a_1>0.

The conjecture is presented as equivalent to the Collatz conjecture and expresses that positive mass at any state forces positive mass at 11. The source gives no resolution status for this formulation, so it remains open here.

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Giulio Masetti, “A new conjecture equivalent to Collatz conjecture”, arXiv:2305.10117 (2023).

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