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A081246 Triangle in which (2^n+1)st row gives trajectory of x=2^n+1 under the map x -> x/2 if x is even, x -> x+1 if x is odd, stopping when reaching 1. 0
3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 9, 10, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 17, 18, 9, 10, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 33, 34, 17, 18, 9, 10, 3, 4, 2, 1, 65, 66, 33, 34, 17, 18, 9, 10, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 129, 130, 65, 66, 33, 34, 17, 18, 9, 10, 5, 4, 2, 1, 257, 258, 129, 130, 65, 66, 33, 34, 17, 18, 9, 10, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

This is the 2^n+1 conjecture and is easily proved to converge to 1. The number of steps required to reach 1 is always 2n+2. Since (2^(n)+1+1)/2 = 2^(n-1)+1 (2^(n-1)+1+1)/2 = 2^(n-2)+1 .... (2^(n-n+1)+1+1)/2 = 2^(n-n)+1 = 2 2/2 = 1 thus 1 is guaranteed.

EXAMPLE

n = 5 -> 33,34,17,18,9,10,5,6,3,4,2,1

MAPLE

pxpr(n) = { for(x=1, n, x1=2^x+1; print1(x1" "); while(x1>1, if(x1%2==0, x1/=2, x1 = x1+1); print1(x1" "); ) ) }

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A201909 A070352 A136374 * A096411 A205786 A143486

Adjacent sequences:  A081243 A081244 A081245 * A081247 A081248 A081249

KEYWORD

easy,nonn,tabf

AUTHOR

Cino Hilliard (hillcino368(AT)gmail.com), Apr 19 2003

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