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(via Quanta) A simple question about a spinning needle has haunted mathematicians for more than a century. It led to the Kakeya conjecture, a cornerstone of modern analysis connecting geometry, ...

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to ...

The Collatz Conjecture begins with a simple sequence yet no proof has ever been found to solve it. Met Police bust gang terrorising shops in £2,000,000 crime wave Demi Moore reveals Bruce Willis' ...

A brilliant teen who honed her skills during the COVID-19 pandemic has solved one of math’s most mysterious problems — and in doing so, become a rising star. As Quanta magazine reports, fledgling ...

A $${\color{greenyellow}Simple \space \color{blue}Portable \space \color{green}Python}$$ Program for people to discover Collatz Conjecture $${\color{red}maximum \space \color{red}steps}$$ numbers. A ...

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ABSTRACT: A new Base-X Conjecture was introduced in this paper, and Collatz Conjecture is just one case of Base-X Conjecture - Base-3 (Ternary). Based on Base-X number system property and Collatz ...

ABSTRACT: A new Base-X Conjecture was introduced in this paper, and Collatz Conjecture is just one case of Base-X Conjecture - Base-3 (Ternary). Based on Base-X number system property and Collatz ...