On the relationship between the Collatz conjecture and Mersenne prime numbers
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to show how to get a necessary criterion for prime numbers with the help of special matrices. My special interest lies in the empirical research of these matrices and their patterns, structures and symmetries. The matrices in turn depend on an expansion of the Collatz algorithm 3n+1.
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