Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem

Tao has made huge progress on the Collatz conjecture, a simple-seeming puzzle that has bedeviled hapless mathematicians for decades.

Mathematician Terence Tao Cracks a ‘Dangerous’ Problem
Tao has made huge progress on the Collatz conjecture, a simple-seeming puzzle that has bedeviled hapless mathematicians for decades.