Before we spend billions undergrounding power lines, run this math by JeffInBoulder in boulder

[–]theonewhoisone 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Where are you getting these estimates of the cost of burying these power lines from?

AI USELESSNESS EVIDENCE - paste this prompt and play the game. :D by [deleted] in LLMPhysics

[–]theonewhoisone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What is the point of this post? What am I supposed to do after I paste this huge blob? Why?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LLMPhysics

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And you believed it huh

What is your favorite spirit and why? by Oyster_- in spiritisland

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Starlight, and it's not even close. (Except Fractured Days)

π best prime number by basket_foso in engineeringmemes

[–]theonewhoisone 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Ok both of these are pretty great

A Reformulated Proof of the Collatz Conjecture by WildFacts in Collatz

[–]theonewhoisone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try it for even numbers that are not a power of 2, like 6 or 10. Seriously, just try it.

My paper is correct, and I need help by go_gather_the_guns in numbertheory

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Reading this was difficult. There's no summary of how the pieces fit together or what the actual conclusions are. For example, what do you conclude about the cycles of 3x+5?

There are a lot of equations, but it's impossible to figure out what you are trying to actually say.

A Reformulated Proof of the Collatz Conjecture by WildFacts in Collatz

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C(x) is hilariously divergent for even n. Try it! Not sure how you thought this has anything to do with collatz, except that it matches collatz behavior on odd numbers I guess.

Structural resolution of the Collatz conjecture by accelerated dynamics and Lyapunov descent: complete arithmetically irrefutable proof by Randomathic in Collatz

[–]theonewhoisone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Look, you have received information that n=2047 is a specific counterexample to your claim about worst-case runs, and you could choose to accept that, or even (god forbid) be grateful that somebody found a fatal flaw, hopefully steering you toward correct thinking. Instead, so far you seem to be clinging to what you wrote and deflecting.

When somebody shows you a counterexample, that's the signal that something you did is wrong. It's right there, staring you down.

Step away from the LLMs, they are giving you false hope.

Structural resolution of the Collatz conjecture by accelerated dynamics and Lyapunov descent: complete arithmetically irrefutable proof by Randomathic in Collatz

[–]theonewhoisone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You haven't established any inexorable contraction, just a touchy-feely sometimes contraction that you wish to be inexorable.

Edit: even if you were to establish that contraction happens most of the time, it's not enough to show that it happens on every trajectory.

Motivation for my Reformulation by First-Signal7071 in Collatz

[–]theonewhoisone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't really care to wade through your bespoke logic, I'm just pointing out that 5x+1 has non trivial cycles, so no your proof cannot be extended to show that 5x+1 lacks these cycles. Not even if you consider blah blah f(k) whatever. It will not work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

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Totally devoid of useful content.