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A033492 Record number of steps to reach 1 in `3x+1' problem, corresponding to starting values in A006877 (same as A006878 except here we start counting at 1 instead of 0). 12
1, 2, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 24, 112, 113, 116, 119, 122, 125, 128, 131, 144, 145, 171, 179, 182, 183, 209, 217, 238, 262, 268, 276, 279, 282, 308, 311, 324, 340, 351, 354, 375, 383, 386, 443, 449, 470, 509, 525, 528, 531, 557, 560, 563, 584, 597, 613, 665, 686 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Both the 3x+1 steps and the halving steps are counted.

REFERENCES

R. E. Maeder, Programming in Mathematica, 3th Edition, Addison-Wesley, pages 251-252.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..130 (from Eric Roosendaal's data)

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

Eric Roosendaal, 3x+1 Delay Records

CROSSREFS

Equal to A006878 + 1. Cf. A006884, A006885, A033492.

Sequence in context: A046679 A004999 A105125 * A126160 A118962 A096033

Adjacent sequences:  A033489 A033490 A033491 * A033493 A033494 A033495

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jeff Burch (gburch(AT)erols.com)

EXTENSIONS

Corrected and extended by Lee Corbin (lcorbin(AT)tsoft.com). More terms from Larry Reeves (larryr(AT)acm.org), Apr 27 2001.

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