hailstone number

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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