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math is hard (lemm.ee)
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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This don't avoid to sleep not even for 1/2 second. But pick any number. If that number is even, divide it by 2. If it's odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1. Now repeat the process with your new number. If you keep going, you'll eventually end up at 1.

[–] bahbah23@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can't prove that!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, but everyone tried since a century to find a number with which it don't work, good to avoid sleep.

[–] SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Any positive number?