Cringe Piecewise Notation Vs Chad Purely Arithmetic Function

Cringe Piecewise Notation Vs Chad Purely Arithmetic Function
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The mathematical glow-up we never knew we needed! The top shows the Collatz Conjecture written as a clunky piecewise function that's basically saying "if n is even, divide by 2; if n is odd, multiply by 3 and add 1." But the bottom? Pure mathematical elegance! Someone figured out how to express the EXACT SAME THING in one beautiful, compact formula. It's like watching someone solve a Rubik's cube in 5 seconds after you've been struggling for hours. Mathematicians literally get goosebumps over this kind of elegant simplification. The single-line formula is basically mathematical poetry—concise, powerful, and making the first version look like it's still using training wheels!

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