[LibWhacker]

I don't understand why it's necessary to multiply odd numbers by three before adding the one to make it even.

I can only speculate that Collatz himself knew it was true, or proved it was true, in that case.

But when he looked at multiplying by three, he couldn't prove it.

[Political Junkie Too]

The path to the answer seems obvious to me.

Once an even number that is a power of 2 is reached, it will divide down to 1.

So the question is whether or not there is an odd number that will never iterate to a power of 2?

Did I win?

-PJ