tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227172931607686978.post8139241141924653485..comments2023-08-05T07:54:36.424-04:00Comments on Math-Frolic!: Collatz… So what’s the history of it???"Shecky Riemann"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07065658607024191185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1227172931607686978.post-1115520517676315892017-08-29T09:35:05.953-04:002017-08-29T09:35:05.953-04:00A little history midway through this old piece of ...A little history midway through this old piece of mine: http://bit-player.org/bph-publications/SciAm-1984-01-Hayes-hailstone.pdf. <br /><br />Best source: The Ultimate Challenge: The 3x+1 Problem, ed. by Jeff Lagarias, published by AMS, reprints an article by Collatz himself "On the Motivation and Origin of the (3n+1)-Problem."bit-playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925013458053903295noreply@blogger.com