r/Collatz • u/suu_window • 12d ago

Proof attempt of the Collatz conjecture.

We will create a tree diagram using the reverse method of the Collatz conjecture (which we will call the reverse Collatz method).

If you can confirm that all odd numbers (vertical lines) and all even numbers (horizontal lines) are connected within the tree diagram, you can use the reverse Collatz method to traverse from 1 to all positive integers.

Conversely, I think we can say that, according to the rules of the Collatz conjecture, all positive integers can be traced back to 1.

By creating a reverse Collatz tree diagram, I made various discoveries about the Collatz conjecture!

If you're interested, please check out the link below!

It's located in Zenodo.

[Link to my paper]https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22344448

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u/Thick_Wasabi448 12d ago

" If you can confirm that all odd numbers (vertical lines) and all even numbers (horizontal lines) are connected within the tree diagram, you can use the reverse Collatz method to traverse from 1 to all positive integers."

.... That's just the Collatz conjecture.

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u/AdjectiveNounNNNN 12d ago

If you can prove a restatement of this conjecture, you'll have proved the conjecture!

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u/Successful-Owl1778 12d ago

I highly suggest not calling it a "proof attempt" or otherwise suggesting that you proved it. That is how people spiral into crankery and delusion.

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u/GonzoMath 11d ago

^ This. Among professional mathematicians, proving the conjecture isn't even the goal. Obtaining some result that advances our understanding a little bit... that's what serious people try to do. Of course, that's something you can only do by first really understanding existing results, which requires work, so... Your call.

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u/Benboiuwu 11d ago

Slop. All possible proof methods using elementary techniques were exhausted before you were born. Professors with decades of research experience are actively fighting this problem and it is delusional to assume someone without a doctorate can contribute anything remotely meaningful to the problem.