[#P11596] Termination of GF(2) factor-encoding product orbits
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Problem. Encode \(n\) as a polynomial over \(\operatorname{GF}(2)\) using its binary digits. Factor that polynomial into irreducibles, encode each factor as an integer, and multiply those encodings by ordinary integer multiplication to obtain \(T(n)=A234742(n)\). Starting from each integer absent from the image of \(T\), must iteration of \(T\) reach a fixed point?
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2See also
- Merging of orbits under adding the product of nonzero digitsdiscrete dynamical systems
- Collatz conjecturediscrete dynamical systems
- Integer return under the 4/3 ceiling mapdiscrete dynamical systems
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