collatz-compute

Compute a single step of the Collatz sequence.

Installation

npm install collatz-compute

Usage

const compute = require('collatz-compute');

console.log(compute(4)); // 2
console.log(compute(5)); // 16

Description

This function takes a number n and returns: n / 2 (if n is even) 3 * n + 1 (if n is odd)

Useful for mathematical or algorithmic experiments related to the Collatz conjecture.