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A073855 Number of steps to reach 0 starting with n and applying the process x ->bigomega(x). 1
1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

FORMULA

a(n)=1+a(bigomega(n)). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Jul 10 2004

EXAMPLE

bigomega(36) = 4, bigomega(4) = 2, bigomega(2) = 1, bigomega(1) = 0, hence a(36) = 4.

MAPLE

a(n)=if(n<0, 0, s=n; c=1; while(bigomega(s)>0, s=bigomega(s); c++); c)

CROSSREFS

A036430(n) + 1.

Sequence in context: A049237 A162361 A171135 * A077982 A185816 A099427

Adjacent sequences:  A073852 A073853 A073854 * A073856 A073857 A073858

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Sep 02 2002

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Jul 10 2004

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