# collatz-compute

Compute a single step of the [Collatz sequence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collatz_conjecture).

## Installation

```bash
npm install collatz-compute
```

## Usage

```js
const compute = require('collatz-compute');

console.log(compute(4)); // 2
console.log(compute(5)); // 16

```

## Description

This function takes a number n and returns:
n / 2 (if n is even)
3 * n + 1 (if n is odd)

Useful for mathematical or algorithmic experiments related to the Collatz conjecture.