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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2328-7292</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2021-10-12</publicationDate>
    <volume>9</volume>
    <issue>3</issue>
    <startPage>107</startPage>
    <endPage>110</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/ajams-9-3-5</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>AJAMS2021935</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Solution to Collatz Conjecture</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Abhijit Manohar</name>
        <email>armanohar977@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">Collatz Conjecture, one of the unsolved problems in mathematics is that for any positive integer, the positive integer is multiplied by 3 and 1 is added if odd, divided by 2 if even. This process is repeated, and the sequence of numbers finally reaches 1. Collatz Conjecture is notoriously escaped all attempted proofs. This paper presents a solution to Collatz Conjecture with a statistical and logical/ mathematical proof. The article demonstrates why Collatz function cannot enter an iterative infinite loop and the function will reach 1 for all positive integers.</abstract>
    <fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajams/9/3/5/ajams-9-3-5.pdf</fullTextUrl>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>Collatz Conjecture</keyword>
      <keyword>Diverging and Converging functions</keyword>
      <keyword>Collatz Function</keyword>
      <keyword>Alternating Functions</keyword>
      <keyword>Collatz Product</keyword>
      <keyword>Weighted Even Decreasing Function</keyword>
      <keyword>Iterative Loop</keyword>
    </keywords>
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