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A181666 Odd part of a(n) is of form (4^k-1)/3. 2
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 21, 32, 40, 42, 64, 80, 84, 85, 128, 160, 168, 170, 256, 320, 336, 340, 341, 512, 640, 672, 680, 682, 1024, 1280, 1344, 1360, 1364, 1365, 2048, 2560, 2688, 2720, 2728, 2730, 4096, 5120, 5376, 5440, 5456, 5460, 5461, 8192, 10240 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Also numbers that need at most one (3x+1) operation to reach 1 in the Collatz conjecture.
Also, members of A023758 divisible by 3, divided by 3 (conjectured).
LINKS
Andreas M. Hinz and Paul K. Stockmeyer, Precious Metal Sequences and Sierpinski-Type Graphs, J. Integer Seq., Vol 25 (2022), Article 22.4.8.
FORMULA
a(n) = (4 * 2^A055086(n-1) - 2^A082375(n-1))/3. - André Hallqvist, Jul 17 2019
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 2 * A321873 = 2.5265861162... . - Amiram Eldar, Jul 19 2022
MATHEMATICA
Select[Range[2600], IntegerQ@ Log[4, 3 # + 1] &@ NestWhile[#/2 &, #, IntegerQ[#/2] &] &] (* Michael De Vlieger, May 12 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) for(n=2, 2000, o=3*n/2^valuation(n, 2)+1; b=ispower(o); if(b&&round(sqrtn(o, b\2))==4, print1(n, ", ")))
(Python)
for a in range(2, 17):
print()
for b in range(a - 2, -1, -2):
print(((1 << a) - (1 << b)) // 3, end=", ")
# André Hallqvist, Jul 25 2019
# This script shows the sequence as an irregular table whose main diagonal is A000975, called the "Lichtenberg sequence" by Andreas M. Hinz. - Peter Luschny, Jul 10 2022
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A216686 A114652 A191288 * A067943 A067937 A003592
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Nov 18 2010
STATUS
approved

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