A Note On Mignosi′s Generalization of the (3X+1)-Problem
✍ Scribed by S. Brocco
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-314X
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✦ Synopsis
A special class of cases is produced for which Mignosi's generalization of the ((3 X+1))-problem has a negative solution. 1995 Academic Press. Inc.
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