function collatz(n) local sum = 1 while true do if n == 1 then break end if n % 2 == 0 then n = n / 2 else n = n * 3 + 1 end sum = sum + 1 end return sum end local max = 0 local maxnum = 0 for i = 1, 999999 do local sum = collatz(i) print(i .. ": " .. sum) if sum > max then max = sum; maxnum = i end end print("--------") print(maxnum .. ": " .. max)