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A097004
Function A062402(x)=phi(sigma(x)) is iterated. Starting with 2^n, the n-th power of 2, a(n) is the count of distinct terms arising in trajectory; a(n)=t(n)+c(n)=t+c, where t is the number of transient terms, c is the number of recurrent terms [in the terminal cycle].
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1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5, 2, 4, 5, 11, 4, 4, 12, 17, 2, 8, 11, 14, 26, 11, 6, 80, 59, 100, 101, 95, 93, 60, 38, 55, 2
OFFSET
0,2
EXAMPLE
n=13: 2^n=8192, trajectory ={8192,8191,26208,[20440],.. }, a[13]=3+1=4 with 3 transients and one recurrent term.
MATHEMATICA
EulerPhi[DivisorSigma[1, x]] itef[x_, len_] :=NestList[fs, x, len] Table[Length[Union[itef[2^w, 1000]]], {w, 1, 256}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Labos Elemer, Jul 21 2004
STATUS
approved