Let’s talk about the Collatz Conjecture, which is like mathematicians’ original version of this programmer joke: Except the number of mathematician hours wasted is much larger, possibly too large for uint32_t to hold it. The Collatz conjecture is an infamous trap for the young and ambitious. Despite its simple construction, it has evaded proofs and general solutions for nearly a century. Veritasium made a video about this conjecture, which I recommend: The Collatz conjecture involves a recursive...