Maximum excursion and stopping time record-holders for the problem: Computational results
Maximum excursion and stopping time record-holders for the problem: Computational results
This paper presents some results concerning the search for initial values to the so-called <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="3 x plus 1"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">3x+1</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> problem which give rise either to function iterates that attain a maximum value higher than all …