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Bakuage Offers Prize of 120 Million JPY to Whoever Solves Collatz Conjecture, Math Problem Unsolved for 84 Years
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Posted on 08/26/2021 4:17:42 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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TOKYO, July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --

- Highest Prize for Any Unsolved Problem in Mathematics -

Bakuage Co., Ltd. headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, announced on July 7, 2021, that it is offering a prize of 120 million Japanese yen (*) to anyone who has revealed the truth of the Collatz conjecture, an unsolved mathematical problem.

(*) 120 million Japanese yen is about US$1,085,000 (1US$=JPY110.50 as of June 29, 2021).

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- What is Collatz conjecture?

The Collatz conjecture is one of unsolved problems in mathematics. It is a conjecture that repeatedly applying the following sequences will eventually result in 1: starting with any positive integer, divide it by 2 in the case of an even number and multiply it by 3 and add 1 in the case of any odd number. The conjecture is named after Lothar Collatz, who introduced the idea in 1937. Since then, it has remained unsolved with its truth not yet verified.

Background of prize

Prize money is sometimes offered on an unsolved problem in mathematics. For example, a prize of $1 million was posted for the solution to each of seven unsolved millennium problems announced by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Bakuage decided on the latest prize, hoping to contribute to the development of mathematics. The company has chosen the Collatz conjecture because it thought many people can be easily interested in the problem, which itself is easy to understand.

Prize rules

A prize of 120 million Japanese yen will be paid to whoever has elucidated the truth of the Collatz conjecture. For details, please visit the following prize site. Prize site: https://mathprize.net/posts/collatz-conjecture/

Other notes

*Corporate and product names contained here are their respective trademarks or registered trademarks.

*If the contents of this press release and the abovementioned prize rules do not agree with each other, the prize rules mentioned on the prize site shall take precedence.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: collatz; conjecture; math; prize
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No one has a clue how to solve it. It might as well be you! A mathematical background is not really required. Anyone could be the person who dreams up the trick to solve it and walks away a millionaire.
1 posted on 08/26/2021 4:17:42 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Run the problem by me again...?


2 posted on 08/26/2021 4:20:06 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: LibWhacker
42.

Please send prize to...(Jim knows my bank account)

TIA

3 posted on 08/26/2021 4:24:43 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: Jim W N

Check this => https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mFpVDpKX70


4 posted on 08/26/2021 4:25:18 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Jim W N

It makes no sense. It’s like someone didn’t explain the whole procedure.

Anyone can take an even number and divide by 2 or an odd number and divide by 3 and add 1.

So then what?


5 posted on 08/26/2021 4:27:24 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: LibWhacker
I suspect that someone untrained in mathematics might possibly have some insight to offer. The field of Number Theory is accessible, and yet chock full of interesting but unproven conjectures, such as the famous Goldbach's conjecture.

6 posted on 08/26/2021 4:28:08 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: metmom
Here, this should clarify it:


7 posted on 08/26/2021 4:30:06 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: metmom

It’s an algorithm that you repeatedly apply.

If the number is even then divide by 2

else if the number is odd then multiply by 3 and add 1

Repeat until the number is 1

The conjecture is that this will always result in 1 eventually, but it has not been explained why or if that is actually true.


8 posted on 08/26/2021 4:33:14 PM PDT by Dan Cooper
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To: Teflonic

Amazing.


9 posted on 08/26/2021 4:38:20 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

I just watched a youtube where some guy was late to his college math class, copied the problems on the board, thinking they vwere homework, spent several days solving them, turned the answers in, then the professor revealed he had solved two problems like this one. He said if he had known they were unsolvable (stated at beginning of class he missed) , he probably would have had a mental block and not solved them.


10 posted on 08/26/2021 4:38:51 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: LibWhacker
I had that math problem completely solved. But Global Warming set my proof on fire. Perhaps Greta Thunberg can get me a consolation award. Half the prize will do.


11 posted on 08/26/2021 4:39:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have alrseady previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: LibWhacker

42 squared


12 posted on 08/26/2021 4:40:53 PM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: Teflonic

Maybe it turns into a moebius strip somewhere?


13 posted on 08/26/2021 4:43:23 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: LibWhacker

Times 3 + 1 will eventually deliver an even number. From there, divide by two repeatedly until you get to 1.


14 posted on 08/26/2021 4:43:57 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: metmom

example: pick a number, like 42

42 / 2 = 21

21 * 3 + 1 = 64

64 / 2 = 32

/ 2 = 16

/ 2 = 8

/ 2 = 4

/ 2 = 2

/ 2 = 1

It says, whatever number you pick, you will arrive at 1


15 posted on 08/26/2021 4:44:37 PM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: LibWhacker

N+1, what do i win?


16 posted on 08/26/2021 4:52:57 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: LibWhacker

https://vixra.org/pdf/1711.0296v5.pdf


17 posted on 08/26/2021 4:53:15 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: Dan Cooper

Thanks for that explanation!

But I still don’t get what the issue is here.

You will always end up at 1 because of math, and it is true because it’s math.

I not sure I even understand what I just said...


18 posted on 08/26/2021 4:57:59 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: 1FreeAmerican

The problem is that the numbers can go up and go down.

To prove that the conjecture is not true is to find a number that as you do the sequence, the sequence return to the original number. That would be an infinite loop, as it would never go to zero, but constantly repeat the pattern. In addition, every number in this sequence would not lead to 1.


19 posted on 08/26/2021 5:04:24 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: algore

Hmm, wonder if it’s flawed? Why would a million dollar reward be announced last month when Sultan published his “proof” in 2017?


20 posted on 08/26/2021 5:04:25 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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