The Collatz conjecture is known to be true up to approx 5.5*10^18 but that does not prove it to be true. In 1972 John Conway proved that Collatz-type problems can be formally undecidable, so there may be no solution.
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A problem and a solution are not synonyms or antonyms, but rather concepts that are related. A problem is a challenge or difficulty that needs to be solved, while a solution is the resolution or answer to that problem. They are not homophones, as they do not sound alike.
It depends on the problem but the solution is always the answer.
Let f be a function that maps integers to integers such that f(x) = x/2 if x is even, and f(x) = 3x + 1 if x is odd. The generalization of the Collatz conjecture is that when creating a sequence by iterating over f, all such sequences eventually end in a cycle.
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There is the solution to a puzzle. There is a chemical solution There is an alloy There is a solution to an equation There is a solution to a problem