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A062056 Numbers with 6 odd integers in their Collatz (or 3x+1) trajectory. 3
7, 14, 15, 28, 29, 30, 56, 58, 60, 61, 112, 116, 117, 120, 122, 224, 232, 234, 240, 241, 244, 245, 267, 448, 464, 468, 469, 480, 482, 483, 488, 490, 497, 534, 535, 537, 896, 928, 936, 938, 960, 964, 965, 966, 976, 980, 981, 985, 994, 995, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1073 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

The Collatz (or 3x+1) function is f(x) = x/2 if x is even, 3x+1 if x is odd.

The Collatz trajectory of n is obtained by applying f repeatedly to n until 1 is reached.

Sequence is 2-automatic.

A078719(a(n)) = 6; A006667(a(n)) = 5.

REFERENCES

J. Shallit and D. Wilson, The "3x+1" Problem and Finite Automata, Bulletin of the EATCS #46 (1992) pp. 182-185.

LINKS

Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

J. Shallit and D. Wilson, The "3x+1" Problem and Finite Automata, Bulletin of the EATCS #46 (1992) pp. 182-185.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, CollatzProblem

Wikipedia, Collatz conjecture

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

EXAMPLE

The Collatz trajectory of 7 is (7, 22, 11, 34, 17, 52, 26, 13, 40, 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1), which contains 6 odd integers.

PROG

(Haskell)

import Data.List (elemIndices)

a062056 n = a062056_list !! (n-1)

a062056_list = map (+ 1) $ elemIndices 6 a078719_list

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 08 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A062052-A062060.

Sequence in context: A141164 A004781 A004759 * A173024 A115770 A086779

Adjacent sequences:  A062053 A062054 A062055 * A062057 A062058 A062059

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT)comcast.net)

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