The Collatz Conjecture is simple: If a number is even, divide by 2. If odd, multiply by 3 and add 1. Yet, this simple rule creates complex, chaotic patterns that have baffled mathematicians for decades. Still this problem is unsolved and is considered as an NP Hard problem
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