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- From: cjh@tinton.ccur.com (Christopher J. Henrich)
- Subject: Re: Frankly,my dear......was: Fermat's Last Theorem
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.221934.14981@tinton.ccur.com>
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- In article <1993Jan7.054017.25511@leland.Stanford.EDU> ilan@leland.Stanford.EDU (ilan vardi) writes:
- [Why Fermat's Last theorem, the twin primes conjecture, etc. are
- considered important]
- >
- >In the case of 3x+1, one understands why it should hold but a proof
- >would probably explain a lot about what is going on.
- >
- Does one understand why the 3x+1 conjecture should be true? This
- is news to me. Can anyone explain the heuristic reasoning, or
- point me to a reference?
-
- Thanks in advance,
- Chris Henrich
-