Erdős Problem 1135 #
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The Collatz conjecture states that for any positive integer $n$, there exists a natural number $m$ such that the $m$-th term of the sequence is 1.
theorem
Erdos1135.erdos_1135
(n : ℕ)
(hn : n > 0)
:
∃ (m : ℕ), CollatzConjecture.collatzStep^[m] n = 1