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A102280 Let k = n-th number == 1 or 5 mod 6 (A007310(n)); consider the generalized 3x+1 map T_k defined by T_k(n) = (3n+k)/2 if n odd, n/2 if n even; then a(n) = smallest positive number m which is in a primitive cycle of T_k. 2
1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 1, 5, 5, 7, 1, 13, 13, 19, 1, 1, 5, 25, 103, 1, 1, 1, 19, 17, 29, 5, 1, 1, 65, 7, 17, 1, 1, 1, 7, 5, 1, 19, 1, 13, 1, 5, 1, 1, 13, 11, 1, 11 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,3

REFERENCES

J. C. Lagarias, The set of rational cycles for the 3x+1 problem, Acta Arith. 56 (1990), 33-53.

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..47.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A102284, A007310.

Sequence in context: A089608 A100615 A222119 * A035316 A068316 A028235

Adjacent sequences:  A102277 A102278 A102279 * A102281 A102282 A102283

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 19 2005

EXTENSIONS

a(12)[k=35] and a(25)[k=73] corrected by Geoffrey H. Morley, Mar 14 2013

STATUS

approved

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