%I #10 Aug 09 2015 15:07:24
%S 5,13,4,0,12,2,3,0,0,4,11,0,1,15,2,0,5,0,5,0,3,1,10,0,0,13,0,0,14,4,1,
%T 0,2,3,4,0,1,10,4,0,7,2,2,0,0,3,9,0,0,0,2,0,12,0,5,0,4,1,13,0,3,1,0,0,
%U 16,4,1,0,2,3,3,0,1,14,0,0,9,2,3,0,0,5,6,0,1,5,1,0,54,0,3,0,2,1,8,0,3,0,0
%N Consider trajectory of n under the "x->2x+1" map; sequence gives number of steps until a nonsquarefree number is reached.
%C For n up to 2000, the maximal length is 95, for n=1574.
%C For n up to 10000, the maximal length is 120, for n=9074. - _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 18 2012
%H Zak Seidov, <a href="/A121645/b121645.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..2000</a>
%e If initial x is not squarefree, sequence has zero length (this is denoted by "-"):
%e {1,3,7,15,31},
%e {2,5,11,23,47,95,191,383,767,1535,3071,6143,12287},
%e {3,7,15,31},
%e {4-},
%e {5,11,23,47,95,191,383,767,1535,3071,6143,12287},
%e {6,13},
%e {7,15,31},
%e {8-},
%e {9-},
%e {10,21,43,87},
%e {11,23,47,95,191,383,767,1535,3071,6143,12287},
%e {12-},
%e {13},
%e {14,29,59,119,239,479,959,1919,3839,7679,15359,30719,61439,122879,245759},
%e {15,31},
%e {16-},
%e {17,35,71,143,287},
%e {18-},
%e {19,39,79,159,319},
%e {20}.
%e Lengths are: 5,13,4,0,12,2,3,0,0,4,11,0,1,15,2,0,5,0,5,0,...
%t Table[Length[NestWhileList[2#+1&,n,SquareFreeQ[#]&]]-1,{n,100}] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Mar 18 2012 *)
%K nonn
%O 1,1
%A _Zak Seidov_, Aug 13 2006