A122599 Maximal number of iterations required for analog of 3x+1 problem applied to polynomials of degree n over GF(2) to reach 1.

3, 6, 11, 14, 21, 24, 29, 34, 41, 48, 55, 58, 65, 72, 81, 86, 93, 100, 117, 122, 129, 132, 139, 152, 159, 166, 169, 180, 191, 198

Offset

1,1

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..30.

K. Hicks et al., A polynomial analogue of the 3n+1 problem, Amer. Math. Monthly, 115 (2008), 615-622.

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A200182 A342173 A282277 * A342954 A015823 A049620

Adjacent sequences: A122596 A122597 A122598 * A122600 A122601 A122602

Keyword

nonn,more

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 13 2008

Status

approved