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Tyler Samuels

August 22, 2026

Each of those numbers spawns a whole ladder by multiplying by 2

#collatz
#3n+1
#number-theory
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Multiplying by 2 is the easy direction since even numbers just halve. The real content is still only the base family. This mostly shows the base family is not as thin as it first looks.