The Collatz sequence is the sequence of numbers generated by repeatedly computin

Question

The Collatz sequence is the sequence of numbers generated by repeatedly computing the value of the function

for n a positive integer, and stopping when n = 1.

So, for example, the Collatz sequence that begins with n = 6 is:

and the one that begins with n = 11 is:

Input. This is a function, so it must take a positive integer as its only parameter. You do not need to write a wrapping program to call it, nor do you need to check that the parameter is a positive integer; you may assume that.

Output. Print the Collatz sequence beginning with n. For example, the function call

Explanation / Answer

this may help you..

n= int(raw_input("Enter the beginning number: "))
i=0
print n
while n > 1:

if n%2 == 0: # if n is even
n = n/2
print n
else:
n = 3*n+1
print n
i += 1;

or)

while 1 == 1:
    print("Pick an integer greater than one, any integer greater than 1")
    x = int(input())
    count = 0
    while x != 1:
        if (x%2) ==1 or x==0:
            x = int(3*x+1)
        else:
            x = int(x/2)
        print(x)
        count = count + 1
    print("The number of iterations was", count)
  

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