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A062058 Numbers with 8 odd integers in their Collatz (or 3x+1) trajectory. 3
25, 49, 50, 51, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 204, 205, 217, 392, 394, 396, 397, 400, 404, 405, 408, 410, 433, 434, 435, 441, 475, 784, 788, 789, 792, 794, 800, 808, 810, 816, 820, 821, 833, 857, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 875, 882, 883, 950, 951, 953 (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)) = 8; A006667(a(n)) = 7.

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 25 is (25, 76, 38, 19, 58, 29, 88, 44, 22, 11, 34, 17, 52, 26, 13, 40, 20, 10, 5, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1), which contains 8 odd integers.

PROG

(Haskell)

import Data.List (elemIndices)

a062058 n = a062058_list !! (n-1)

a062058_list = map (+ 1) $ elemIndices 8 a078719_list

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 08 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A062052-A062060.

Sequence in context: A106632 A090093 A004936 * A198591 A069063 A064937

Adjacent sequences:  A062055 A062056 A062057 * A062059 A062060 A062061

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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