Watch: the simplest maths problem nobody can solve

Halve even numbers, triple odd ones and add one. Veritasium explains why every number tested so far ends at 1 — and why mathematicians still can't prove they all do.

— Veritasium, The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve - Collatz Conjecture — YouTube video

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