The Big Bang Theory of Binary Numbers

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The Cosmic Egg (a 1000-bit binary number consisting of all ones) is displayed at the center of the image. At the moment of the Big Bang, the forces of the Collatz process begin consuming the CORE of ones and throwing off a ring of chaotic bits. As long as the CORE exists (and the Least Signifigant Deconstructor is constrained to one bit per cycle), the NEBULA of bits grows larger. When the CORE is completely consumed, the Least Signifigant Deconstructor begins averaging 2 bits per cycle overpowering the Most Signifigant Constructor's 1.585 bits per cycle and the NEBULA collapses to a singularity.

The Big Bang animation has no real relevance to the Collatz Conjecture, it is just a visual aide to illustrate the concept of divergence and convergence. The maximum value that n reaches in given Collatz sequence is called the Excursion. It is obvious from the animation that the Excursion occurs near the point of maximum NEBULA expansion. In the animation, the radius of the NEBULA/CORE is proportional to the bit length. The smallest 1585 bit number has a larger value than the largest 1584 bit number. For numbers of identical bit length, the one with the most signifigant 0 will have the the smaller value and this cannot be determined from the animation. But we can tell that once the NEBULA begins collapsing, the Excursion point has been passed. Also, the animation was rigged to obscure any amount of insignifigant divergence (by making the NEBULA edges fuzzy). Although not shown, a 1000 bit random pattern would begin looking like a NEBULA and would just collapse, showing no signifigant divergence.