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A139399 Number of steps to reach a cycle in Collatz problem. +0
2
0, 0, 5, 0, 3, 6, 14, 1, 17, 4, 12, 7, 7, 15, 15, 2, 10, 18, 18, 5, 5, 13, 13, 8, 21, 8, 109, 16, 16, 16, 104, 3, 24, 11, 11, 19, 19, 19, 32, 6, 107, 6, 27, 14, 14, 14, 102, 9, 22, 22, 22, 9, 9, 110, 110, 17, 30, 17, 30, 17, 17, 105, 105, 4, 25, 25, 25, 12, 12, 12, 100, 20, 113, 20 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,3

COMMENT

a(1)=a(2)=a(4)=0 as A006577(A006577(A006577(x)))=x for x=1,2,4;

a(n) = A006577(n) - 2 for n > 2 (if the conjecture holds).

LINKS

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

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Collatz Problem

CROSSREFS

Essentially the same sequence as A112695.

Sequence in context: A161485 A062526 A019947 this_sequence A021669 A011511 A020856

Adjacent sequences: A139396 A139397 A139398 this_sequence A139400 A139401 A139402

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Reinhard Zumkeller (reinhard.zumkeller(AT)gmail.com), Apr 18 2008

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