%0 Journal Article %A Maurice Margenstern %A Yuri Matiyasevich %T A binomial representation of the 3x + 1 problem %J Acta Arithmetica %D 1999 %P 367-378 %V 91 %N 4 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4064/aa-91-4-367-378/ %R 10.4064/aa-91-4-367-378 %G en %F 10_4064_aa_91_4_367_378