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A122442
Least k such that the Collatz (3x+1) iteration starting with k has "dropping time" A122437(n).
5
2, 5, 3, 11, 7, 39, 287, 231, 191, 127, 359, 511, 239, 159, 639, 283, 991, 251, 167, 111, 1695, 1307, 871, 927, 671, 155, 103, 1639, 91, 3431, 3399, 2287, 71, 6395, 47, 31, 2047, 27, 1819, 17691, 6887, 4591, 13439, 6383, 4255, 7963, 7527, 12399, 7279, 1583
OFFSET
1,1
MATHEMATICA
With[{s = 1 + Log2[3]}, {2}~Join~Table[(k = 3; While[-1 + Length@ NestWhileList[If[EvenQ[#], #/2, 3 # + 1] &, k, # >= k &] != m, k += 2]; k), {m, Array[Floor[1 + s*#] &, 50]}] ] (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 19 2024 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A122437 (allowable "dropping times" of the Collatz iteration).
Sequence in context: A229608 A185061 A129198 * A225258 A162613 A120858
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
T. D. Noe, Sep 06 2006
STATUS
approved