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A349825
Number of steps when x -> A349824(x) is iterated starting at n needed to reach fixed point or 28, or -1 if trajectory increases for ever or ends in a nontrivial loop other than (28,33).
1
0, 1, 0, 0, 9, 0, 10, 0, 8, 4, 9, 0, 3, 0, 8, 9, 8, 0, 7, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 6, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 8, 7, 5, 0, 7, 8, 4, 0, 6, 0, 3, 2, 7, 0, 9, 1, 6, 5, 6, 0, 4, 8, 7, 4, 12, 0, 10, 0, 11, 9, 12, 6, 10, 0, 10, 7, 7, 0, 11, 0, 6, 9, 8, 6, 5, 0, 7, 10, 9, 0
OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
It is conjectured that every trajectory eventually reaches one of the fixed points {primes union 0, 27, 30} or the loop (28, 33).
a(n) = number of steps to reach A349826(n) (or -1).
LINKS
EXAMPLE
Trajectory of 16 is 16, 32, 50, 36, 40, 44, 45, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, 33, 28, ..., reaching low point of 28 after 8 steps, so a(16) = 8.
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = { for (k=0, oo, my (m=if (n==0, 0, my (f=factor(n)); bigomega(f)*sum(k=1, #f~, f[k, 1]*f[k, 2]))); if (n==28 || m==n, return (k), n=m) ) } \\ Rémy Sigrist, Jan 02 2022
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 01 2022
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Rémy Sigrist, Jan 02 2022
STATUS
approved