%0 Journal Article %A Ilia Krasikov %A Jeffrey C. Lagarias %T Bounds for the $3x+1$ problem using difference inequalities %J Acta Arithmetica %D 2003 %P 237-258 %V 109 %N 3 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4064/aa109-3-4/ %R 10.4064/aa109-3-4 %G en %F 10_4064_aa109_3_4