def collatzCount(number): for n in range (1,number+1): collatzConjecture(n) #print("\n") def collatzConjecture(n): #print(n, end = ' ') if n is 1: return 1 else: if n%2: return collatzConjecture(int((n*3)+1)) else: return collatzConjecture(int(n/2)) raise AssertionError try: collatzCount(10000) except AssertionError: print("The Collatz Conjecture is false!")