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A226625
Irregular array read by rows. a(n) is the length of the primitive Collatz-like 3x-k cycle associated with A226623(n).
9
1, 3, 11, 4, 6, 6, 17, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 19, 34, 12, 9, 5, 22, 22, 22, 12, 17, 17, 17, 69, 7, 7, 7, 18, 44, 22, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 22, 22, 33, 33, 22, 11, 11, 22, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 48, 12
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Conjecture: Every cycle with the same value of k (k>1) has the same proportion of odd and even elements. Thus if n>1 then A226626(n)/A226625(n) has the same value for each m where A226628(n) <= m < A226628(n+1).
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EXAMPLE
The irregular array starts:
(k=1) 1, 3, 11;
(k=11) 4;
(k=17) 6, 6;
(k=19) 17;
a(4)=4 is the length of the 3x-11 cycle {19,23,29,38} associated with A226623(4)=19.
CROSSREFS
Row n begins with a(A226628(n)) and has length A226629(n). k=A226630(n)
The cycle associated with a(n) has A226626(n) odd elements of which A226624(n) is the largest.
Sequence in context: A176781 A349407 A306367 * A210610 A188950 A357115
KEYWORD
nonn,tabf
AUTHOR
Geoffrey H. Morley, Jun 13 2013
STATUS
approved