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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. 4

%I #16 Jun 14 2013 11:49:18

%S 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,

%T 17,1,1,1,7,5,1,19,1,13,1,5,1,1,13,11,1,11,7,1,19,41,1,13,11,11,13,11,

%U 7,29,5,11,1,5,47,1,5,13,1,43,1,37,1,17,5,35,5,7,5,11,1,7,43,1,91,1,1,29,7,47,55,17,1,13

%N 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.

%H Geoffrey H. Morley, <a href="/A102280/b102280.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%H J. C. Lagarias, <a href="http://pldml.icm.edu.pl:80/mathbwn/element/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-aav56i1p33bwm?q=bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-number-aa-1990-56-1&amp;qt=CHILDREN-STATELESS">The set of rational cycles for the 3x+1 problem,</a> Acta Arith. 56 (1990), 33-53. - See Table 3.1 on page 41.

%Y Cf. A102284, A007310, A226633.

%K nonn

%O 1,3

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Feb 19 2005

%E a(12)[k=35] and a(25)[k=73] corrected and more terms added by _Geoffrey H. Morley_, Mar 14 2013

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