The qq-analog 3x+13x+1 orbit conjecture for TqT_q

Let Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 denote the 22-adic integers, let F2[[q]]F_2[[q]] be the ring of formal power series over F2F_2, and let TT and TqT_q be the maps in the source. A conjugacy is a bijection h ⁣:Z2F2[[q]]h\colon\mathbb{Z}_2\to F_2[[q]] satisfying hT=Tqhh\circ T=T_q\circ h. The qq-analog 3x+13x+1 orbit conjecture. For every such conjugacy hh and every positive integer nn, the TqT_q-orbit of h(n)h(n) contains 3/7-3/7. The conjugacy formulation transfers the classical 3x+13x+1 problem to the qq-series dynamical system; whether the asserted orbit property holds is left open in the source.

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Kenneth G. Monks, “On q-Analogs of the 3x+1 Dynamical System”, arXiv:2508.10153 (2025).

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