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A226681
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Conjectured record-breaking maximal values, for ascending positive integers k, of the minimal elements of the primitive cycles of positive integers under iteration by the Collatz-like 3x-k function.
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3
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17, 19, 73, 115, 4819, 16099, 61555, 1457663, 3735185, 17904629, 21111517, 29931557, 222264329
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1,1
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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.
For primitive cycles, GCD(k,6)=1.
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nonn
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approved
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