PM Lee spending some vacation time on the Collatz conjecture: 5 things about the unsolved problem

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SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Friday (Dec 20) that he will be on leave from Dec 21 to Jan 3. During this time off, besides plans to spend time with family and 'perhaps go #jalanjalan', he said will also be looking at an unsolved mathematical problem called the Collatz conjecture and mathematician Terence Tao's method to prove this.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Friday that he will be on leave from Dec 21 to Jan 3. During this time off, besides plans to spend time with family and"perhaps go #jalanjalan", he said will also be looking at an unsolved mathematical problem called the Collatz conjecture and mathematician Terence Tao's method to prove this.

2. The mathematical problem comes with a warning Amateurs beware: the Quanta Magazine article PM Lee referenced in his post says experienced mathematicians warn newbies to stay away:"It's a siren song, they say: Fall under its trance and you may never do meaningful work again." 3. Who comes closest to solving the problem? Australian-American mathematician at University of California, Los Angeles, Terrence Tao has arguably come closest to solving it.

4. People have offered money to solve the problem Though mathematicians agree that solving the conjecture would be reward enough, Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos offered US$500 for its solution and said:"Mathematics may not be ready for such problems."

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