Collatz cycles with few descents

T. Brox

Acta Arithmetica (2000)

  • Volume: 92, Issue: 2, page 181-188
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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T. Brox. "Collatz cycles with few descents." Acta Arithmetica 92.2 (2000): 181-188. <http://eudml.org/doc/207379>.

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