OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
"A loop is reached" means that an element x is reached such that (A176341^k)(x) = x for some k>0.
LINKS
J. Navarro, Les secrets du nombre Pi (Book review, in French).
Pi-Search Page, Loop Sequences within Pi.
Ady TZIDON, Loops in Pi.
EXAMPLE
a(0)=a(1)=a(3)=0 since 0 and 3 are elements of the loop 0 -> 32 -> 15 -> 3 -> 0, and 1 is a fixed point (i.e., loop of length 1) of A176341.
a(2)=8 is the number of steps in 2 -> 6 -> 7 -> 13 -> 110 -> 174 -> 155 -> 314 -> 0, at which point the previously mentioned loop is reached.
PROG
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base,more
AUTHOR
M. F. Hasler, Nov 16 2013
STATUS
approved