A075479 Number of iteration that first becomes smaller than the initial value if Collatz-function (A006370) is iterated, starting with numbers of form 64n+31. Corresponds to selection of every 16th term from A074474.

92, 14, 35, 51, 17, 14, 25, 27, 22, 14, 64, 17, 22, 14, 61, 43, 131, 14, 27, 22, 17, 14, 33, 35, 22, 14, 53, 17, 20, 14, 43, 22, 22, 14, 45, 22, 17, 14, 35, 43, 20, 14, 25, 17, 25, 14, 20, 22, 27, 14, 38, 20, 17, 14, 27, 22, 30, 14, 25, 17, 33, 14, 40, 20, 69, 14, 115, 27, 17

Offset

0,1

Comments

Remark that initial values of form 64m+r, if r={3,11,19,27,35,43,51,55} provide first-sink-lengths {7,9,7,9,7,9,7,9} respectively; e.g. {64k+19,192k+58,96k+29,288k+88,144k+44,72k+22,36k+11} submerge first below initial value at the 7th term,36k+11<64k+19.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..68.

Formula

a(n)=A075473[64n+31], n=0, ..., 256

Example

n=1: 64n+31=95,list={95,286,143,430,215,646,323,970, 485,1456,728,364,182,91,274,...}, i.e. the 14th term=91 is the first that <95, the initial value, so a(1)=14.

Crossrefs

Cf. A074473, A074474, A075476-A075482, A006370.

Sequence in context: A116677 A323060 A031200 * A081222 A033412 A015236

Adjacent sequences: A075476 A075477 A075478 * A075480 A075481 A075482

Keyword

nonn

Author

Labos Elemer, Sep 23 2002

Status

approved