struct PrimeIndices { data: array } // this is used as both input and output for convenience @group(0) @binding(0) var v_indices: PrimeIndices; // The Collatz Conjecture states that for any integer n: // If n is even, n = n/2 // If n is odd, n = 3n+1 // And repeat this process for each new n, you will always eventually reach 1. // Though the conjecture has not been proven, no counterexample has ever been found. // This function returns how many times this recurrence needs to be applied to reach 1. fn collatz_iterations(n_base: u32) -> u32 { var n = n_base; var i: u32 = 0u; while n > 1u { if n % 2u == 0u { n = n / 2u; } else { n = 3u * n + 1u; } i = i + 1u; } return i; } @compute @workgroup_size(1) fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id: vec3) { v_indices.data[global_id.x] = collatz_iterations(v_indices.data[global_id.x]); }