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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 15:48:19 2020 No.12411625 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12411639 >>12411676 >>12412135 >>12412168 >>12413396

Simple math puzzle! Will it always reach 1? Surely you're smart enough to solve it, right /sci/?

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 15:56:23 No.12411639 Report

Quoted By: >>12411643

>>12411625
>Will it always reach 1?
Yes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 15:57:07 No.12411643 Report

Quoted By: >>12412142

>>12411639
Show proof.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 16:07:14 No.12411676 Report

Quoted By: >>12411682

>>12411625
No it wont. f(1) = 3*1 + 1 = 4.

If we recursively compose f with itself on the other hand I dont know.

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 16:10:06 No.12411682 Report

Quoted By: >>12411749

>>12411676
f(2)=1 retard!

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 16:29:25 No.12411731 Report

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Dynamical systems are the next frontier of mathematics

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 16:39:49 No.12411749 Report

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>>12411682
Low quality bait but I want this thread to die.
sage

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 19:03:14 No.12412135 Report

Quoted By: >>12413166

>>12411625
no because if n=17 then f(n)=52 and 52 is not 1

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Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 19:06:02 No.12412142 Report

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>>12411643
Left to the reader as an exercise (Hint: trivial).

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 02 Dec 2020 19:13:52 No.12412168 Report

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>>12411625
I always love slamming my head on a brick wall once in a while.

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Anonymous Thu 03 Dec 2020 00:41:22 No.12413166 Report

Quoted By: >>12413177

>>12412135
It's a loop, retard. You're supposed to keep going!

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Anonymous Thu 03 Dec 2020 00:44:37 No.12413177 Report

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>>12413166
That’s not what the equation says

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Anonymous Thu 03 Dec 2020 02:05:27 No.12413396 Report

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>>12411625
>n =0
>0/2
>0
Literally too easy, doesnt always equal 1.

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