English Explanatory Dictionary

hailstone number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.

Word forms

hailstone number hailstone numbers

Etymology

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

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