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A226677
Smallest positive integer k (or 0 if no such k) with a primitive cycle of positive integers, exactly n of which are odd, under iteration by the Collatz-like 3x-k function.
3
1, 1, 11, 17, 115, 31, 1, 29, 1417, 371, 19, 23, 8977, 77, 431, 2465, 2069, 3299, 193, 451, 139, 25, 5233, 131, 1739, 10993, 3037, 121, 7061, 11329, 9479, 145, 2425, 46199, 1871, 217, 3551, 26183, 14083, 26281, 7237, 605, 181, 113, 3299, 11431, 119773, 2465
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
A cycle is called primitive if its elements are not a common multiple of the elements of another cycle.
The 3x-k function T_k is defined by T_k(x) = x/2 if x is even, (3x-k)/2 if x is odd, where k is odd.
For primitive cycles, GCD(k,6)=1.
Conjecture: a(n)>0 for all n.
LINKS
Geoffrey H. Morley, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..60
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Geoffrey H. Morley, Jul 05 2013
STATUS
approved