A318882 Total length of transient and terminal cycle if unitary-proper-divisor-sum function f(x) = A063919(x) is iterated and the initial value is n. Number of distinct terms in iteration list.

1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, 5, 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 2, 5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 6, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 3, 7, 2, 5, 2, 6, 3, 5, 3, 2, 2, 6, 2, 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 5, 5, 2, 1, 4, 5, 4, 6, 3, 6, 2, 6, 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 6, 6

Offset

1,2

Comments

This sequence implements the original definition given for A097032.

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..87360

Formula

a(n) = A097031(n) + A318883(n).

a(n) = A097032(n) + A318880(n) - 1.

Example

For n = 1, A063919(1) = 1, that is, we immediately end with a terminal cycle of length 1 without a preceding transient part, thus a(1) = 0+1 = 1.
For n = 2, A063919(2) = 1, and A063919(1) = 1, so we end with a terminal cycle of length 1, after a transient part of length 1, thus a(2) = 1+1 = 2.
For n = 30, A063919(30) = 42, A063919(42) = 54, A063919(54) = 30, thus a(30) = a(42) = a(54) = 0+3 = 3, as 30, 42 and 54 are all contained in their own terminal cycle of length 3, without a preceding transient part.
For n = 1506, the iteration-list is {1506, 1518, 1938, 2382, 2394, 2406, [2418, 2958, 3522, 3534, 4146, 4158, 3906, 3774, 4434, 4446, 3954, 3966, 3978, 3582, 2418, ..., ad infinitum]}. After a transient of length 6 the iteration ends in a cycle of length 14, thus a(1506) = 6+14 = 20.

Mathematica

a063919[1] = 1; (* function a[] in A063919 by Jean-François Alcover *)
a063919[n_] := Total[Select[Divisors[n], GCD[#, n/#]==1&]]-n/; n>1
a318882[n_] := Map[Length[NestWhileList[a063919, #, UnsameQ, All]]-1&, Range[n]]
a318882[105] (* Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Jan 25 2024 *)

Prog

(PARI)
A034460(n) = (sumdivmult(n, d, if(gcd(d, n/d)==1, d))-n); \\ From A034460
A063919(n) = if(1==n, n, A034460(n));
A318882(n) = { my(visited = Map()); for(j=1, oo, if(mapisdefined(visited, n), return(j-1), mapput(visited, n, j)); n = A063919(n)); };
\\ Or by using lists:
pil(item, lista) = { for(i=1, #lista, if(lista[i]==item, return(i))); (0); };
A318882(n) = { my(visited = List([]), k); for(j=1, oo, if((k = pil(n, visited)) > 0, return(j-1)); listput(visited, n); n = A063919(n)); };

Crossrefs

Cf. A063919, A097031, A097032, A318883.

Cf. A002827 (the positions of ones after the initial 1).

Sequence in context: A297031 A229895 A063982 * A327160 A355832 A055020

Adjacent sequences: A318879 A318880 A318881 * A318883 A318884 A318885

Keyword

nonn

Author

Antti Karttunen, Sep 22 2018, after Labos Elemer's A097032

Status

approved