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bahar kuloglu,
- Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Basic Sciences, Sivas, Turkey
Abstract
This paper creates an encryption technique based on the well-known unresolved mathematical problem known as the Collatz conjecture. This conjecture states that every natural number larger than one eventually lowers to one by a set of precise procedures called the Collatz sequence. The study’s methodology associates these sequences’ terms with the Turkish alphabet’s letters. The Collatz transformation is applied to the integer that corresponds to each letter. The words created from these sequences are subjected to addition and subtraction operations during the encryption process. It is challenging to reverse-engineer the original text because of the intricate pattern created by these procedures. This approach uses the Collatz conjecture’s intrinsic complexity and unpredictability to produce a strong encryption scheme. It is intended that this encryption technique will provide a degree of security based on the conjecture’s unproven status, potentially rendering it immune to contemporary cryptographic attacks. In order to advance the science of cryptography, the study aims to investigate the viability of using this unsolved issue as a basis for developing extremely safe encryption algorithms.
Keywords: Collatz Conjecture, Encoding, Decoding, Information Security, Cryptology.
bahar kuloglu. Algorithmic Encryption of Natural Numbers Based on the Collatz Conjecture. Research & Reviews: Discrete Mathematical Structures. 2025; ():-.
bahar kuloglu. Algorithmic Encryption of Natural Numbers Based on the Collatz Conjecture. Research & Reviews: Discrete Mathematical Structures. 2025; ():-. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/rrdms/article=2025/view=195479
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Research & Reviews: Discrete Mathematical Structures
| Volume | |
| Received | 19/12/2024 |
| Accepted | 06/01/2025 |
| Published | 10/01/2025 |
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