PulseExploreJournal ClubDebatesTrendingResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeExploreJournal ClubTrending
Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
May 12, 20260 citationsOpen Access

A DYADIC, COMPONENT-WISE WELL-FOUNDED DESCENT FOR THE 5x+1 MAP (ANALOGY WITH 3x+1)

View Full Paper
JRjulian REDERO

Key Points

  • The central aim is to analyze the convergence behavior of the 5x+1 map using a descent framework similar to the 3x+1 problem.
  • Developed a dyadic leaf-certificate descent framework for the 5x+1 map.
  • Established an explicit proof for odd components intersecting with odd sources.
  • Proved descent conditions in large and small regimes with respective constraints.
  • Established every odd component intersects with an odd source 5u, confirming a fundamental property.
  • In the large regime, proved e(u) = v2(25u + 1) ≥ 21 leads to descent.
  • Formulated a certification framework in the small regime e(u) ≤ 20, leading to a classification into terminal cycles.

Abstract

Abstract. We study the Collatz-type map T5 defined by T5(n) = n/2 for even n andT5(n) = 5n+1 for odd n. We develop a dyadic leaf-certificate descent framework in analogywith the 3x + 1 case: odd acceleration, the 25u + 1 parametrization on sources 5u, 2-adiccylinders attached to valuation words, a 220-block refinement hierarchy linked to ord25(2) = 20,and an anti-25 lifting loop. We give a fully explicit forward/backward proof that every oddcomponent intersects an odd source 5u. We also prove an automatic descent in the large regimee(u) = v2(25u +1) ≥ 21. In the small regime e(u) ≤ 20, we formalize a terminating, leafwiseverifiable certificate framework. Under this hypothesis we obtain a well-founded descent onsources and a conditional multi-attractor convergence conclusion (classification into a finite setof terminal cycles)

Ask AI
Helpful
Bookmark
Share
View Full Paper

Cite This Study

julian REDERO (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a02c2fdce8c8c81e96405a7https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20109846
Ask AI
Helpful
Bookmark
Share
View Full Paper