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Collatz conjecture tester

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Cool little code that will test the Collatz conjecture

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  1. def mathprob_no_print(x):
  2.     while x != 1:
  3.         if x % 2 == 0: 
  4.             x = x/2
  5.         else:
  6.             x = 3 * x + 1
  7.     if x == 1:
  8.         return x
  9.  
  10.  
  11. def mathprob(x):
  12.     string = str(x)
  13.     print string+"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the starting number!"    
  14.     while x != 1:
  15.         if x % 2 == 0: 
  16.             x = x/2
  17.             print x
  18.         else:
  19.             x = 3 * x + 1
  20.             print x
  21.     if x == 1:
  22.         return x
  23.  
  24. def math_repeat(x,p):
  25.     while x <= p:
  26.         mathprob (x)
  27.         x = x + 1 
  28.         if mathprob_no_print(x) != 1:
  29.             print "****YAY****YAY****WE PROVED HIS CONJECTURE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!"
  30. math_repeat(1,100)

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