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    Graduate Is the Collatz Conjecture Finally Close to a Proof?

    I can tell you that the 5x+1 function will deliver you to loops.
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    Graduate Is the Collatz Conjecture Finally Close to a Proof?

    Hello all: I have the Collatz Conjecture infinite matrix that binds all numbers to it. By it, I can take any random number that I think of and determine where it resides in the matrix and what "Exchange" path it is destined to. It proves that no number can go infinitely higher and will...
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    Why colonize Mars and not the Moon?

    Planet Mars has an atmosphere that can be "seeded" to create, over time, an atmosphere very similar to Earth's. Not so for the Moon. Then there is the Moon's lack of substantial gravity. We would have rapid muscular and other biological atrophy in short order, as humans do on lengthy space...
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    High School How fast would a probe need to travel to reach a star 10 light years away?

    Yes Russ, Fatra2 misunderstands this basic rule of physics. It is a common misunderstanding if you have not studied elementary physics in HS. I hope we answered the original question for the thread. Good to be onboard here at the forum. JED .
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    High School How fast would a probe need to travel to reach a star 10 light years away?

    You folks should really review your physics basics before replying to a person about rocket propulsion. “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction of the exact same force." The surface of the Earth has nothing to do with lifting a rocket. It is the result of a force blasting...