Collatz Conjecture

$$ a_{n} = \begin{cases} \frac{1}{2} a_{n-1} &\text{for} \quad a_{n-1} \quad \text{even} \\ 3 a_{n-1} +1 &\text{for} \quad a_{n-1} \quad \text{odd} \end{cases} $$

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