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Analogues of the 3 x + 1 Problem in Polynomial Rings of Characteristic 2

Daniel NicholsDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 100-110 | Published online: 07 Oct 2016

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