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On the Collatz conjecture

Sebastian Hebda (2013)

Colloquium Mathematicae

We propose two conjectures which imply the Collatz conjecture. We give a numerical evidence for the second conjecture.

On the conjectures of Rauzy and Shallit for infinite words

Jean-Paul Allouche, Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (1995)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

We show a connection between a recent conjecture of Shallit and an older conjecture of Rauzy for infinite words on a finite alphabet. More precisely we show that a Rauzy-like conjecture is equivalent to Shallit's. In passing we correct a misprint in Rauzy's conjecture.

On the Davenport constant and group algebras

Daniel Smertnig (2010)

Colloquium Mathematicae

For a finite abelian group G and a splitting field K of G, let (G,K) denote the largest integer l ∈ ℕ for which there is a sequence S = g · . . . · g l over G such that ( X g - a ) · . . . · ( X g l - a l ) 0 K [ G ] for all a , . . . , a l K × . If (G) denotes the Davenport constant of G, then there is the straightforward inequality (G) - 1 ≤ (G,K). Equality holds for a variety of groups, and a conjecture of W. Gao et al. states that equality holds for all groups. We offer further groups for which equality holds, but we also give the first examples of groups G for which (G) -...

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