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A028398
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When map in A006368 is iterated, all numbers fall into cycles; order cycles by smallest entry; a(n) is smallest entry in n-th cycle (some cycles are infinite).
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4
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0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 14, 40, 44, 64, 80, 82, 104, 136, 172, 184, 188, 242, 256, 274, 280, 296, 352, 368, 382, 386, 424, 472, 496, 526, 530, 608, 622, 638, 640, 652, 670, 688, 692, 712, 716, 752, 760, 782, 784, 800, 814, 824, 832, 860, 878, 904, 910, 932, 964, 980, 1022
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OFFSET
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0,3
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COMMENTS
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Iterations of A006368 starting with a(3)=4, a(4)=8, a(5)=14 and a(6)=40 give trajectories A180853, A028393, A028395, A182205 respectively. [Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 18 2012]
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REFERENCES
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D. Gale, Tracking the Automatic Ant and Other Mathematical Explorations, A Collection of Mathematical Entertainments Columns from The Mathematical Intelligencer, Springer, 1998; see p. 16.
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LINKS
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Table of n, a(n) for n=0..55.
Index entries for sequences related to 3x+1 (or Collatz) problem
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CROSSREFS
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Sequence in context: A061297 A130711 A093483 * A155249 A113553 A118884
Adjacent sequences: A028395 A028396 A028397 * A028399 A028400 A028401
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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J. H. Conway, Wouter L. J. Meeussen
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STATUS
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approved
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