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A094328 Iterate the map in A006369 starting at 4. 8
4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6, 4, 5, 7, 9, 6 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

REFERENCES

J. C. Lagarias, ed., The Ultimate Challenge: The 3x+1 Problem, Amer. Math. Soc., 2010; see page 270.

LINKS

Reinhard Zumkeller, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

J. C. Lagarias, The 3x+1 problem and its generalizations, Amer. Math. Monthly, 92 (1985), 3-23.

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

FORMULA

The map is: n -> if n mod 3 = 0 then 2*n/3 elif n mod 3 = 1 then (4*n-1)/3 else (4*n+1)/3.

Periodic with period length 5..

a(n)=(1/50)*{51*(n mod 5)+61*[(n+1) mod 5]+11*[(n+2) mod 5]+11*[(n+3) mod 5]+21*[(n+4) mod 5]}, with n>=0 - Paolo P. Lava (paoloplava(AT)gmail.com), Jun 26 2007

PROG

(Haskell)

a094328 n = a094328_list !! (n-1)

a094328_list = iterate a006369 4  -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 31 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006368, A028394-A028397, A094329, A185589, A185590.

Sequence in context: A140076 A135186 A011336 * A081095 A080596 A183866

Adjacent sequences:  A094325 A094326 A094327 * A094329 A094330 A094331

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jun 04 2004

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