Collatz conjecture

Summary

Collatz conjecture is a conjecture^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of conjecture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,491 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Collatz conjecture is credited with the discovery of Lothar Collatz^[3].
• Collatz conjecture's instance of is recorded as conjecture^[4].
• Lothar Collatz is named after Collatz conjecture^[5].
• hail is named after Collatz conjecture^[6].
• Syracuse University is named after Collatz conjecture^[7].
• Shizuo Kakutani is named after Collatz conjecture^[8].
• Stanisław Ulam is named after Collatz conjecture^[9].
• Collatz conjecture is part of list of unsolved problems in mathematics^[10].
• Collatz conjecture is part of Unsolved Problems in Number Theory^[11].
• Collatz conjecture's Commons category is recorded as Collatz conjecture^[12].
• Collatz conjecture was published on 1937^[13].
• Collatz conjecture's main subject is Collatz sequence^[14].
• Collatz conjecture's facet of is recorded as arithmetic dynamics^[15].
• Collatz conjecture's described by source is recorded as On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences wiki^[16].
• Collatz conjecture's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[17].

Body

Geography

Part of include list of unsolved problems in mathematics^[10] and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory^[11].

Designation and Status

Collatz conjecture's instance of is recorded as conjecture^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Lothar Collatz^[5], a mathematician^[18], 1910–1990^[19], of Germany^[20], awarded the honorary doctor of the Vienna Technical University^[21], specialised in numerical analysis^[22]; hail^[6], a type of meteorological phenomenon^[23]; Syracuse University^[7], a private university^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1870^[26]; Shizuo Kakutani^[8], a mathematician^[27], 1911–2004^[28], of Japan^[29], awarded the Imperial Prize of Japan Academy^[30], specialised in functional analysis^[31]; and Stanisław Ulam^[9], a mathematician^[32], 1909–1984^[33], of United States^[34], awarded the John von Neumann Prize^[35], specialised in mathematics^[36].

Why It Matters

Collatz conjecture ranks in the top 2% of conjecture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,491 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]