No Finite Modular Obstructions for the Inverse Collatz Tree
The paper demonstrates a general method for determining if a generalized Collatz-type map (called herein an a, b, c map) has modular obstructions via an exact solution over the accelerated inverse tree formulation. We fully work the case for the Collatz map (3, 1, 2 map) and demonstrate that no finite modular obstructions, equivalently, no modular holes, no profinite obstructions, and that the tree contains infinite representatives at each class.
Authors
- Kilder Alexis Urrutia Martinez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8157-4289)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20479807
- Primary Topic
- Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
- Type
- preprint