The diagonal generalized Collatz conjecture

For p0p\geq0, let (dp,αp,βp)+=(2p+1,32p,2p)+(d_p,\alpha_p,\beta_p)_+=(2^{p+1},3\cdot2^p,2^p)_+ and let TpT_p be its associated mapping. Diagonal generalized Collatz conjecture. If p0p\geq0 and p2p\neq2, the triplet is strongly admissible of order one, with unique cycle

Ω(1)=(12222p+11),\Omega(1)=(1\to2\to2^2\to\cdots\to2^{p+1}\to1),

of length p+2p+2, and every n1n\geq1 satisfies Tp(k)(n)=1T_p^{(k)}(n)=1 for some k0k\geq0. For p=2p=2, the triplet (8,12,4)+(8,12,4)_+ is strongly admissible of order two, with cycles Ω(1)=(12481)\Omega(1)=(1\to2\to4\to8\to1) and Ω(67)=(6710215623635653667)\Omega(67)=(67\to102\to156\to236\to356\to536\to67), and every n1n\geq1 satisfies T2(k)(n){1,67}T_2^{(k)}(n)\in\{1,67\} for some k0k\geq0. This is a special case of the generalized conjecture above and includes the classical Collatz mapping when p=0p=0; the paper offers computational support but no proof.

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Abderrahman Bouhamidi, “An Extension of the Collatz Conjecture modulo 2^p+2^q”, arXiv:2601.06208 (2026).

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