A number of people are asking why this problem is “dangerous”.
It’s described as dangerous because its difficulty has defeated the world’s greatest mathematical minds for generations.
Paul Erdos, a famous mathematician, said, "Mathematics is not yet ripe enough for such questions." Jeffrey Lagarias called it "an extraordinarily difficult problem, completely out of reach of present day mathematics".
The problem is so maddeningly difficult, mathematicians are warned to stay away from it.
Obviously multiplying any odd number by another odd number (in this case, 3) will result in another odd number. Adding one will always result in an even number which would obviously always make it go down to the 421 loop.
248. Find X in a Ricci flow equation. Yall pls don't say this is copied and pasted i actually wrote this and my fingers hurt. Also, pls don't copy and paste this to think yall gonna get famous.
I don't really get what's so special about this problem. I feel there's a whole heap of other similar rule parings you could apply, and not get the universal rule. I don't think it's very easy to turn an iterative sequence into a deterministic equation, unless there's only one rule being applied.
Am I being pranked here? Am I being told that millions of individuals including the self professed best in the field of mathematics have found this yet failed to find a proof?
I found a proof within minutes. It didn’t even take that much effort. I would consider it pretty low on the scale of difficulty for unsolved math problems. By the way yes, the conjecture is correct. But what a world. What a world. What can one do with so inept a world
404 Danger Not Found. So what if all positive integers are conjectured to eventually fall into the 4-2-1 loop? It just sounds like a fractal algorithm at that point.
Interesting but why 'dangerous'? The "danger" lies not in the problem itself, but in its ability to lure researchers into a mathematical quicksand—easy to enter, hard to escape, with no guaranteed reward. Some mathematicians avoid it, fearing it could consume their careers without yielding results.
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A number of people are asking why this problem is “dangerous”.
It’s described as dangerous because its difficulty has defeated the world’s greatest mathematical minds for generations.
Paul Erdos, a famous mathematician, said, "Mathematics is not yet ripe enough for such questions." Jeffrey Lagarias called it "an extraordinarily difficult problem, completely out of reach of present day mathematics".
The problem is so maddeningly difficult, mathematicians are warned to stay away from it.
Watch the full video for more context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=094y1Z2wpJg
100+130×5=750
130+100×5=630
?????????
but i don't understand what's the problem here? it's actually more like a thing that just occurs what's the problem in it?
"if applying these two rules"
…why not just apply different rules then?
I don't understand why this is even a thing.
Just numbers get over it.
Should I not bother watching because it won't give us the conclusion?
Everything's QUAD
pick a number – 6
"six" has 3 letters
"three" has 5 letters
"five" has 4 letters
4 is quad.
try me… Everything's QUAD
Its a simulation of a black hole where any power of 2 is the event horizon. Beware
Obviously multiplying any odd number by another odd number (in this case, 3) will result in another odd number. Adding one will always result in an even number which would obviously always make it go down to the 421 loop.
Im going to try and solve this problem and will edit this comment when I find the solution/s.
asinus.
0 doesn’t follow the rule. There solved. 😂
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Yall pls don't say this is copied and pasted i actually wrote this and my fingers hurt.
Also, pls don't copy and paste this to think yall gonna get famous.
It isn't a dangerous problem bruh, the answer is that because of teh rules etc so….
7×3+1=
=21+1=
=22
I don't really get what's so special about this problem. I feel there's a whole heap of other similar rule parings you could apply, and not get the universal rule. I don't think it's very easy to turn an iterative sequence into a deterministic equation, unless there's only one rule being applied.
No, because you’re supposed to add then multiply PEMDAS
Needs a third rule, if the number is 1 we stop.
Now everyone can go to bed.
Thank goodness I put on safety glasses before watching this! (I'm a subtraction major by the way. I just want to make a difference.)
Am I being pranked here? Am I being told that millions of individuals including the self professed best in the field of mathematics have found this yet failed to find a proof?
I found a proof within minutes. It didn’t even take that much effort. I would consider it pretty low on the scale of difficulty for unsolved math problems. By the way yes, the conjecture is correct.
But what a world. What a world. What can one do with so inept a world
1÷2=0.5
Dangerous is going.
Others : He must be Thinking About some nonsense.
Me : 3x+1….
165 is forever number, probably.
Me picking 1 at the beginning 💀
404 Danger Not Found. So what if all positive integers are conjectured to eventually fall into the 4-2-1 loop? It just sounds like a fractal algorithm at that point.
Why is this a problem?
You’re spreading terror!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!
Interesting but why 'dangerous'? The "danger" lies not in the problem itself, but in its ability to lure researchers into a mathematical quicksand—easy to enter, hard to escape, with no guaranteed reward. Some mathematicians avoid it, fearing it could consume their careers without yielding results.
Is it only whole numbers because 1.75 works??
I mean that's not that surprising
“the 4, 2, 1 loop”
me: subtract that by 1