The Collatz conjecture is a conjecture in mathematics that is named after Lothar Collatz, who first introduced the idea in 1937. It concerns sequences of numbers, defined as follows:
- Start with any positive integer:
n.
Then each term is obtained from the previous term as follows:
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If the previous term is even, the next term is one half of the previous term:
(n / 2). -
If the previous term is odd, the next term is 3 times the previous term plus 1:
((n * 3) + 1).
The conjecture is that no matter what value of n, the sequence will always reach 1.
I have worked the Collatz Conjecture with the following languages:
- View the Solution in C++
- View the Solution in JavaScript
- View the Solution in Python
Follow the links above to see instructions for running each program.
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