OT: The Waring/Collatz Solution

[Rudy Toody]

Once again, I'm asking for TeAm-mates to follow this link to help get as many views from different IP's as possible. (I can get a badge!)

As an incentive , I plan to offer a $100USD reward to the best reason that my proof succeeds/fails. I don't know if I can do this on that forum, but while I work out the details, anyone here who has some mathematical insight can answer and have first shot at the $.

--Fred

 

[waffleironhead]

I have absolutely no idea what I just read(after clicking on the link). Good luck with your endeavors Fred!

 

[Ken g6]

I hate discrete math. 😛

But how did you jump from an equality involving floor to an inequality involving ceiling?

 

[Rudy Toody]

But how did you jump from an equality involving floor to an inequality involving ceiling?

We want to show that the target (3^n(2m-1)-1)/2^n(2m-1)-1) is less than the ceiling of (3/2)^n which puts the target in the same unit interval and thus, the floors are the same.