hailstone number

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The numbers are likened to hailstones because they "bounce" up and down before settling.

Noun[edit]

hailstone number (plural hailstone numbers)

  1. (mathematics, informal, mostly plural) Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.
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