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A134191 Impure numbers in the Collatz (3x+1) iteration. +0
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2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 98, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113, 116, 118 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Let f(k) be the trajectory of the Collatz iteration of the number k. Then Shaw calls a number n impure if n is in f(k) for some k < n. Shaw has an algorithm for finding congruences that the impure numbers satisfy.

REFERENCES

Douglas J. Shaw, "The Pure Numbers Generated by the Collatz Sequence", Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 44, Number 3, August 2006, 194-201.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

FORMULA

Complement of A061641.

EXAMPLE

The Collatz trajectory of 3 is (3,10,5,16,8,4,2,1), showing that the numbers 4,5,8,10,16 are impure.

MATHEMATICA

c[n_] := If[EvenQ[n], n/2, 3n + 1]; nn=1000; t=Table[0, {nn}]; Do[If[t[[n]]==0, m=n; While[m=c[m]; If[nn>=m>n && t[[m]]==0, t[[m]]=n]; m>nn || t[[m]]>0]], {n, nn}]; Flatten[Position[t, _?(#>0&)]]

CROSSREFS

Adjacent sequences: A134188 A134189 A134190 this_sequence A134192 A134193 A134194

Sequence in context: A100598 A079537 A094591 this_sequence A026138 A026170 A026174

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Oct 12 2007

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