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### 1 Is it possible to find the maximum value of S?

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### -2 Two reasons why the Collatz conjecture could fail

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Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. The Collatz function $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ is given by $f(n) = n/2$ for $n$ even and $f(n) = 3n+1$ for $n$ odd. Given $k\in\mathbb{N}$ we ...

### 5 Irrationality of the values of the prime zeta function

Preamble: I asked this question on Math.SE with a bounty of 100, but received no replies. The bounty has now ended, and it was suggested I post this here instead. Since Apéry we know that $\zeta(3)$, ...

### 8 Elementary proof of the equidistribution theorem

I'm looking for references to (as many as possible) elementary proofs of the Weyl's equidistribution theorem, i.e., the statement that the sequence $\alpha, 2\alpha, 3\alpha, \ldots \mod 1$ is ...

### 2 A question about distribution of fractional part of $2^k\alpha$

Let $\{x\}$ be the fractional part of $x$, i.e. $\{x\}=x-[x]$, where $[x]$ is the biggest integer $\leq x$. The question might be well known but I don't know where to look for: Assume $\alpha$ is an ...

### 1 Local factors determine Weil representations - proof of the Artin representation case

This post can be seen as a continuation of this post I created on MathOverflow. I want to understand the proof of the following Theorem from "Euler Factors determine Weil Representations" by Tim and ...

### 8 Find an integer coprime to sequence sum

Given two positive integers $a<b$, can we always find an integer $c\in [a, b]$ that is coprime to $\sum_{a\le i\le b} i$?

### 6 The outer automorphism of the dihedral group $D_4$ and quartic polynomials

Let $L$ be a dihedral quartic field. That is, we have $[L : \mathbb{Q}] = 4$ and the Galois closure $M$ of $L$ is a degree 8 extension of $\mathbb{Q}$ with Galois group isomorphic to the dihedral ...

### 11 How does the Bernstein-Zelevinsky construction of irreducibles from supercuspidals parallel the representations of the Weil-Deligne group?

In the Corvallis article Number Theoretic Background, here is what John Tate has to say on the local Langlands correspondence for a $p$-adic field $F$: So, granting a correspondence between ...