Nonexistence of large paradoxical Collatz sequences

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Let TT be the Collatz map. A sequence n,T(n),,Tj(n)n,T(n),\ldots,T^j(n) is paradoxical when Cj(n)<1C_j(n)<1 and Tj(n)nT^j(n)\geq n. Nonexistence conjecture for large paradoxical sequences. There is no paradoxical sequence for TT whose first term is greater than 46144614. The conjecture is motivated by heuristic extrapolation of computational bounds; the supplied text does not establish it.

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Olivier Rozier and Claude Terracol, “Paradoxical behavior in Collatz sequences”, arXiv:2502.00948 (2026).

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