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[v3] Extract Concepts from v2 exercise: collatz-conjecture

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Read the v2 collatz-conjecture exercise and review the community solutions linked in the issue to identify the concepts used across multiple approaches. Record each concept and why it is required in languages/purescript/reference/exercise-concepts/collatz-conjecture.md. Done means the document covers the total concept list and explains each concept's relevance.

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Description

Extract the list of concepts required to solve the v2 purescript exercise: collatz-conjecture. For each concept, describe why it is required to solve the exercise. Keep in mind that an exercise can have multiple approaches (you can find community solutions here: https://exercism.io/tracks/purescript/exercises/collatz-conjecture/solutions). The goal of this task is to help determine the total list of concepts that make up collatz-conjecture.

The list of concepts should be stored in the following document: languages/purescript/reference/exercise-concepts/collatz-conjecture.md. Use this link to create a PR to add this document.

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