Re: Collatz Conjecture proved.

From	wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Collatz Conjecture proved.
Date	2026-01-25 16:46 +0800
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On Sun, 2026-01-25 at 08:15 +0000, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:28:31 +0800, wij wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2026-01-24 at 23:06 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:
> > > 
> > > This generalizes to work with any recurring decimal. When the
> > > recurrence is n digits long (in the above example, n=2), just
> > > multiply by 10^n.
> > 
> > Such arithmetic is called approximation ...
> 
> No, it’s exact.

Prove it. No one wants blind belief.

> I think your problem is you are trying to think about maths using a
> specific low-level programming language (C or C++) which only supports
> finite-precision integers.

Your problem is just repeating what you are told to repeat, no meaning.

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Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2025-12-24 20:05 +0800
  Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 00:37 +0800
    Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-25 00:23 +0000
    Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-01-24 23:06 -0500
      Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 13:28 +0800
        Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-25 08:15 +0000
          Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 16:46 +0800
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-25 10:38 +0100
              Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 18:55 +0800
              Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 19:06 +0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-25 12:47 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-25 23:44 +0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-01-25 12:22 -0500
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              Re: [OT] Proofs.  Was: Collatz Conjecture proved. richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-01-25 13:11 +0000
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-25 18:52 +0000
              Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 03:58 +0800
        Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-01-25 11:25 -0500
          Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 01:20 +0800
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-26 01:25 +0100
              Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-26 23:51 +0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-27 00:07 +0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-26 21:05 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-26 21:07 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-27 04:34 +0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-27 09:21 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-01-27 16:31 +0000
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-27 18:24 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-01-28 15:17 +0000
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                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-28 10:27 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 12:59 -0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-01-30 06:33 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-30 11:59 -0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 04:08 +0800
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                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2026-01-28 17:34 +0000
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-01-28 18:23 +0000
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-01-29 08:39 +0100
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 13:02 -0800
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-01-26 21:18 -0500
                Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 04:01 +0800
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-30 08:29 +0800
        Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-01-27 19:46 -0800
          Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 12:34 +0800
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-02-03 04:16 -0800
          Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-28 13:04 -0800
    Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-01-29 16:50 +0000
      Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-30 05:40 +0800
        Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-01-30 02:20 +0000
          Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-30 11:03 +0800
            Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2026-01-30 04:22 +0000
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              Re: Collatz Conjecture proved. wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2026-01-31 05:30 +0800
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