%I
%S 3,28,14,7,64,32,16,8,4,2,1,10,5,46,23,208,104,52,26,13,118,59,532,
%T 266,133,1198,599,5392,2696,1348,674,337,3034,1517,13654,6827,61444,
%U 30722,15361,138250,69125,622126,311063,2799568,1399784,699892,349946,174973
%N Trajectory of 3 under map n->9n+1 if n odd, n->n/2 if n even.
%t NestList[If[EvenQ[#],#/2,9#+1]&,3,50] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 06 2022 *)
%o (Python)
%o from itertools import accumulate
%o def f(n, _): return 9*n+1 if n%2 == 1 else n//2
%o def aupton(terms): return list(accumulate([3]*terms, f))
%o print(aupton(48)) # _Michael S. Branicky_, Mar 28 2021
%K nonn
%O 0,1
%A _N. J. A. Sloane_.
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