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ABSTRACT: A new Base-X Conjecture was introduced in this paper, and Collatz Conjecture is just one case of Base-X Conjecture - Base-3 (Ternary). Based on Base-X number system property and Collatz ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew Krapivin, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, encountered a paper that would change his life.