22:09The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve - Collatz Conjecture
Expectation Violation
- 3x+1 looks like school algebra, so it seems like something you could try.
- Next to 'No One Can Solve', that ease makes the problem feel like a dare.
- The formula sits huge over a tree of dots funneling down to one line.
Title
'Simplest' against 'No One Can Solve' carries the click, and putting Collatz Conjecture last means only the jargon is lost when the title gets cut off.
Thumbnail
Showing the problem's nickname, 3x+1, in huge type lets viewers judge for themselves how easy it looks.
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Show how simple a hard problem looks, and say nobody has solved it, so it feels like a dare.
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