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A074735
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Number of steps to reach an integer starting with (n+3)/4 and iterating the map x -> x*ceiling(x).
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1
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0, 3, 1, 2, 0, 3, 2, 8, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 3, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 7, 4, 4, 0, 4, 1, 2, 0, 4, 2, 3, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 0, 2, 1, 8, 0, 4, 2, 3, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 6, 5, 4, 0, 3, 1, 2, 0, 5, 2, 4, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 5, 3, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 4, 4, 5, 0, 6, 1, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 0
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Let S(n)=sum(k=1,n,a(k)) then it seems that S(n) is asymptotic to 2n. S(n)=2n for many values of n, namely n=10,128,198,199,237,238,241,242,246,247,249,267,329... More generally, starting with (n+2^m-1)/2^m and iterating the same map seems to produce the same kind of behavior for a(n) (i.e. sum(k=1,n,a(k)) is asymptotic to c(m)*n where c(m) depends on m and c(m) is a power of 2).
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FORMULA
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Special cases: for k>= 0 a(4k+1) = 0, a(16k+10) = a(16k+11) = a(16k+12) = 1.
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MATHEMATICA
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Table[Length[NestWhileList[# Ceiling[#]&, (n+3)/4, !IntegerQ[#]&]]-1, {n, 110}] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 11 2020 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) a(n)=if(n<0, 0, s=(n+3)/4; c=0; while(frac(s)>0, s=s*ceil(s); c++); c)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn
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AUTHOR
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STATUS
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approved
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