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CollatzConjectureisprocessinwhichyoutakeanynaturalnumber,eitheroddoreven,anduse
iteithertheexpression3n+1forodds,andn/2forevens.Iamgraphingoddnumberusingthe
originalexpression3n+1.Oneofthepatternsifoundwasthatforeveryevennumber,thereis
anoddnumberthat,startingfrom1,movesup.

Aconjectureisanunprovenproposition.Theconjectureweconcludedwasthatinthisprocess,
youshouldalwaysendwitharepeatingtwooroneorviceversa.But,sincethisisstillan
unprovenprocess,thisisnotalwaysthecase.WhatIlearnedwashowtofigureoutaeven
number(2,4,6,8,0).Theroleofpatternswastoprovideuswithanexpectationastowhatwill
comenextandtellusaboutthefuture.

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