Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1.chuqui 4/7/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!unc!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!nsc!chongo From: chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon C. Noll) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Puzzle, and a bizarre sequence (the 3n+1 problem) Message-ID: <1262@nsc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 03:32:27 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1262 Posted: Thu Aug 2 03:32:27 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Aug-84 02:34:50 EDT References: <3022@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 12 at the 1979 Western Number theory conference, this problem was discussed by some number theory heavy weights (Lehmer, Ehrman, Williams, Selfridge, etc.) felt that this was a VERY VERY VERY hard problem. to quote one of them: "Fermat's last theorm will be proved long before the 3n+1 problem is put to rest!" chongo/\33/\ -- Mail to me, i Mail back... hplabs!nsc!chongo "One thing is for certain, the sheep is not a creature of the air!" \/xx-~