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A008908 Number of halving and tripling steps to reach 1 in `3x+1' problem. +0
11
1, 2, 8, 3, 6, 9, 17, 4, 20, 7, 15, 10, 10, 18, 18, 5, 13, 21, 21, 8, 8, 16, 16, 11, 24, 11, 112, 19, 19, 19, 107, 6, 27, 14, 14, 22, 22, 22, 35, 9, 110, 9, 30, 17, 17, 17, 105, 12, 25, 25, 25, 12, 12, 113, 113, 20, 33, 20, 33, 20, 20, 108, 108, 7, 28, 28, 28, 15, 15, 15, 103 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENT

a(A033496(n)) = A159999(A033496(n)). [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), May 04 2009]

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, E16.

LINKS

R. Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000 [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), May 04 2009]

J. C. Lagarias, The 3x+1 problem and its generalizations, Amer. Math. Monthly, 92 (1985), 3-23.

Index entries for sequences related to 3x+1 (or Collatz) problem

Dave's Integer Math Page, Integer Calculator: Compute 3x+1

FORMULA

a(n) = f(n,1) with f(n,x) = if n=1 then x else f(A006370(n),x+1). [From Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), May 04 2009]

MATHEMATICA

Table[Length[NestWhileList[If[EvenQ[ # ], #/2, 3 # + 1] &, i, # != 1 &]], {i, 75}]

CROSSREFS

a(n) = A006577(n) + 1.

Sequence in context: A154928 A076123 A021783 this_sequence A050077 A133840 A081349

Adjacent sequences: A008905 A008906 A008907 this_sequence A008909 A008910 A008911

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), R. W. Gosper

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Apr 27 2001

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