ruveyn wrote:
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OK, start a discussion and see where it goes.
I will open with the Collatz Conjecture. Why do you suppose it is harder to deal with than Fermat's Last (so-called) Theorem which was finally put to rest by Wiles back in 1993.
ruveyn
Because there isn't a very clear way to begin the problem. What tools do you use to systematically analyze the general case of the Collatz Conjecture?
And actually, I highly doubt the Collatz Conjecture is harder than Fermat's Last Theorem. FLT was a much better-known open question and attracted the attention of far more top mathematicians than the Collatz Conjecture, which isn't much more than a curiosity. FLT was also around for hundreds of years before it was resolved; Collatz Conjecture was only proposed in the 1930s. Give it some time.
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