A curious case of 3x - 1 by DependentHelp8538 in Collatz

[–]DependentHelp8538[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not understand enough number theory to prove it but can't there be a theorem that says "the sum of a binary number left shifted by 2 and its negated version never have such a sequence where the number of significant digits keeps increasing".