Research Article

The Collatz Problem in the Light of an Infinite Free Semigroup

Table 4

Target cycles for 16 million start numbers under the rule. There are 1 million odd start numbers covered by each row.

Start numbersEnding in target cycle
FromTo

11999999326900324736348364
20000013999999326884325061348055
40000015999999326520325316348164
60000017999999326839324933348228

80000019999999328911323103347986
1000000111999999324452327260348288
1200000113999999331941320774347285
1400000115999999321108329481349411

1600000117999999326177326204347619
1800000119999999330078320150349772
2000000121999999331659328492339849
2200000123999999317217326425356358

2400000125999999331616328452339932
2600000127999999331690310810357500
2800000129999999319822330211349967
3000000131999999322737329915347348

: trivial cycle;   : simple cycle;   : amazing cycle.