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A087705 First integer > n reached under iteration of map x -> (5/3)*floor(x) when started at n, or -1 if no such integer is ever reached. 5
5, 5, 10, 35, 10, 30, 35, 15, 905, 30, 20, 35, 105, 25, 905, 210, 30, 85, 55, 35, 60, 105, 40, 2410, 905, 45, 210, 80, 50, 85, 405, 55, 155, 160, 60, 280, 105, 65, 110, 2410, 70, 905, 335, 75, 210, 130, 80, 135, 230, 85, 660, 405, 90, 1160, 155, 95, 160, 2085, 100 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

COMMENTS

It is conjectured that an integer is always reached.

LINKS

J. C. Lagarias and N. J. A. Sloane, Approximate squaring (pdf, ps), Experimental Math., 13 (2004), 113-128.

MAPLE

f2 := proc(x, y) x*floor(y); end; r := 5/3; h := proc(x) local n, y; global r; y := f2(r, x); for n from 1 to 20 do if whattype(y) = 'integer' then RETURN([x, n, y]); else y := f2(r, y); fi; od: RETURN(['NULL', 'NULL', 'NULL']); end; [seq(h(n)[3], n=2..60)];

CROSSREFS

Cf. A087705, A087706.

Sequence in context: A000728 A022088 A082450 * A087033 A175902 A079305

Adjacent sequences:  A087702 A087703 A087704 * A087706 A087707 A087708

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Sep 29 2003

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