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This research aims to formalize the dynamics of the Collatz sequence through a structured approach.

June 11, 2026Open Access

A Structural and Dynamic Modeling of the Collatz Conjecture: An Approach via the Marker Method and Binary Escalation

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This research aims to formalize the dynamics of the Collatz sequence through a structured approach.
Introduced a four-level structural taxonomy to analyze the Collatz sequence dynamics.
Replaced individual trajectory analysis with a deterministic hydrographic network study.
Utilized the modulo 8 filter and binary parity analysis to assess transmission of arithmetic flow.
Identified rigid mechanisms of transmission and absorption of arithmetic flow within the sequence.
Demonstrated the imposition of an algebraic stopping wall on the ascending phases of trajectories using modulo 8 filtering.
Reduced the complexity of the Collatz conjecture to a problem involving chaining finite information blocks.

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This article introduces a formalization of the global dynamics of the Collatz sequence through the lens of a four-level structural taxonomy. By replacing the analysis of individual trajectories with the study of a deterministic hydrographic network, we highlight rigid mechanisms of transmission and absorption of the arithmetic flow. We demonstrate in particular how the modulo 8 filter, coupled with a binary parity analysis, imposes an algebraic stopping wall on the ascending phases of trajectories, thus reducing the conjecture to a well-defined problem of chaining finite blocks of information.

A Structural and Dynamic Modeling of the Collatz Conjecture: An Approach via the Marker Method and Binary Escalation

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