Structure Theorem for (d, g, h)-Maps

Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-224

  Kontorovich, A V ^a   Sinai, Ya G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(d, g, h) Maps; 3n + 1 Problem; 3x + 1 Problem; Brownian Motion; Collatz Conjecture; Structure Theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036667079     PISSN: 01003569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005740200010     Document Type: Article

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