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The General Predecessor Tree


The Binary Predecessor Tree


The State Diagram for the Left Descent Assemblies


The State Diagram for the Even Collatz Iterates


The State Diagram for Chained Left Descent Assemblies


The Abstract Tree -- Recursive Definition

divide node contents into 3 equal subsets: {0 mod 3} {2 mod 3} {1 mod 3} leaves | s process | b process V V {integers equally in {integers equally in {0, 1, 2} mod 3} {0, 1, 2} mod 3}

Figure 3: One Cycle of the Iterative Development of the Abstract Generation Tree



The Abstract Tree to 3 Levels of Depth

e / {8n+5} \

/ \

/ \

/ \

s b

/ \ / \

/ \ / \

ss sb bs bb

/ \ / \ / \ / \

sss ssb sbs sbb bss bsb bbs bbb

/ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \

Figure 4: First Three Levels of Abstract Predecessor Tree Using Symbolic Set Names



Diagram Showing Set Size Decrease During Abstract Tree Growth


Schematic of Binary Tree Construction Using L.d.a.s and Extensions

First of Two Steps in Derivation of c[d] Values for Sets Within L.d.a.s

The table entries are developed only through three levels of growth, corresponding to the depth in Figure 4. The prefixed e is included in the set names to indicate that the envisioned root is a member of the extended set of parents of left descents. An sss sequence not rooted in the e set will be a set (16n+15) containing 4 times the number of elements as the anchored set developed here for the esss sequence (64n+15). Each dn+c formula denotes the set of odd integers congruent to c mod d.

                 Allowed     Applied                   Resulting Terminating
 From    Subset   Move      Transform          Result  Set Name  Set Names
   e     24n+5      s     (2(24n+5)-1)/3       16n+3      es
         24n+13     b     (4(24n+13)-1)/3      32n+17     eb
         24n+21   null                                               et
  es     48n+3    null                                               est
         48n+19     b     (4(48n+19)-1)/3      64n+25     esb
         48n+35     s     (2(48n+35)-1)/3      32n+23     ess
  eb     96n+17     s     (2(96n+17)-1)/3      64n+11     ebs
         96n+49     b     (4(96n+49)-1)/3     128n+65     ebb
         96n+81   null                                               ebt
  esb   192n+25     b     (4(192n+25)-1)/3    768n+33    esbb
        192n+89     s     (2(192n+89)-1)/3    384n+59    esbs
        192n+153  null                                               esbt
  ess    96n+23     s     (2(96n+23)-1)/3      64n+15    esss
         96n+55     b     (4(96n+55)-1)/3     128n+73    essb
         96n+87   null                                               esst
  ebs   192n+11     s     (2(192n+11)-1)/3    128n+7     ebss
        192n+75   null                                               ebst
        192n+139    b     (4(192n+139)-1)/3   256n+185   ebsb
  ebb   384n+65     s     (2(384n+65)-1)/3    256n+43    ebbs
        384n+193    b     (4(384n+193)-1)/3   512n+257   ebbb
        384n+321  null                                               ebbt

Figure 5: Stepwise Development of Abstract Generation Tree Rooted in Extended Parents , Showing Set Contents



Second of Two Steps in Derivation of c[d] Values for Sets Within L.d.a.s

    path           leaf set      immediate parent        grandparent    great grandparent
     et          2^3*3^1*n+21
     ebt         2^5*3^1*n+81       2^3*3^2*n+61
     est         2^4*3^1*n+3        2^3*3^2*n+5
     ebbt        2^7*3^1*n+321      2^5*3^2*n+241       2^3*3^3*n+181
     ebst        2^6*3^1*n+75       2^5*3^2*n+113       2^3*3^3*n+85
     esbt        2^6*3^1*n+153      2^4*3^2*n+115       2^3*3^3*n+173
     esst        2^5*3^1*n+87       2^4*3^2*n+131       2^3*3^3*n+197
     ebbbt       2^9*3^1*n+1281     2^7*3^2*n+961       2^5*3^3*n+721     2^3*3^4*n+541
     ebbst       2^8*3^1*n+555      2^7*3^2*n+833       2^5*3^3*n+625     2^3*3^4*n+469
     ebsbt       2^8*3^1*n+441      2^6*3^2*n+331       2^5*3^3*n+497     2^3*3^4*n+373

Figure 6: Tracing upward from terminating paths to develop integer sets completely determined in context



An Annotated Pascal Triangle


The Table of Cardinalities of d=2a3b values of c[d] for l.d.a. elements

Due to its size, this file is reached by reference only. Results Derived From a Very Large Predecessor Tree Computer Generation Run



The Three Graphics Elements Available for Binary Predecessor Tree Construction


Results of Beginning the Binary Predecessor Tree Construction