Soatok Dreamseeker on Nostr: Collatzeral Damage: Bitwise and Proof Foolish Let's talk about the Collatz ...
Collatzeral Damage: Bitwise and Proof Foolish
Let's talk about the Collatz Conjecture, which is like mathematicians' original version of this programmer joke: Except the number of mathematician hours wasted is much larger, possibly too large for uint32_t to hold it. The Collatz conjecture is an infamous trap for the young and ambitious. Despite its simple construction, it has evaded proofs and general solutions for nearly a century.
http://soatok.blog/2025/01/06/collatzeral-damage-bitwise-and-proof-foolish/
Let's talk about the Collatz Conjecture, which is like mathematicians' original version of this programmer joke: Except the number of mathematician hours wasted is much larger, possibly too large for uint32_t to hold it. The Collatz conjecture is an infamous trap for the young and ambitious. Despite its simple construction, it has evaded proofs and general solutions for nearly a century.
http://soatok.blog/2025/01/06/collatzeral-damage-bitwise-and-proof-foolish/