A257852 Array A read by upward antidiagonals in which the entry A(n,k) in row n and column k is defined by A(n,k) = (2^n*(6*k - 3 - 2*(-1)^n) - 1)/3, n,k >= 1.

3, 1, 7, 13, 9, 11, 5, 29, 17, 15, 53, 37, 45, 25, 19, 21, 117, 69, 61, 33, 23, 213, 149, 181, 101, 77, 41, 27, 85, 469, 277, 245, 133, 93, 49, 31, 853, 597, 725, 405, 309, 165, 109, 57, 35, 341, 1877, 1109, 981, 533, 373, 197, 125, 65, 39

Offset

1,1

Comments

Sequence is a permutation of the odd natural numbers.

Let N_1 denote the set of odd natural numbers, and let |y|_2 denote 2-adic valuation of y. Define the map F : N_1 -> N_1 by F(x) = (3*x + 1)/2^|3*x+1|_2 (cf. A075677). Then row n of A is the set of all x in N_1 for which |3*x + 1|_2 = A371093(x) = n. Hence F(A(n,k)) = 6*k - 3 - 2*(-1)^n.

Links

Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10440; the first 144 antidiagonals, flattened

Index entries for sequences related to 3x+1 (or Collatz) problem

Formula

From Ruud H.G. van Tol, Oct 17 2023: (Start)

A(n,k+1) = A(n,k) + 2^(n+1).

A(n+2,k) = A(n,k)*4 + 1.

A(1,k) = A004767(k-1).

A(2,k) = A017077(k-1).

A(3,k) = A082285(k-1).

A(4,k) = A238477(k). (End)

For all odd positive numbers n, A(A371093(n), A371092(n)) = n. - Antti Karttunen, Apr 24 2024

Example

From Ruud H.G. van Tol, Oct 17 2023, corrected and extended by Antti Karttunen, Apr 18 2024: (Start)
Array A begins:
n\k|   1|   2|   3|   4|   5|   6|   7|   8| ...
---+---------------------------------------------
1  |   3,   7,  11,  15,  19,  23,  27,  31, ...
2  |   1,   9,  17,  25,  33,  41,  49,  57, ...
3  |  13,  29,  45,  61,  77,  93, 109, 125, ...
4  |   5,  37,  69, 101, 133, 165, 197, 229, ...
5  |  53, 117, 181, 245, 309, 373, 437, 501, ...
6  |  21, 149, 277, 405, 533, 661, 789, 917, ...
... (End)

Mathematica

(* Array: *)
Grid[Table[(2^n*(6*k - 3 - 2*(-1)^n) - 1)/3, {n, 10}, {k, 10}]]
(* Array antidiagonals flattened: *)
Flatten[Table[(2^(n - k + 1)*(6*k - 3 - 2*(-1)^(n - k + 1)) - 1)/ 3, {n, 10}, {k, n}]]

Prog

(PARI)
up_to = 105;
A257852sq(n, k) = ((2^n * (6*k - 3 - 2*(-1)^n) - 1)/3);
A257852list(up_to) = { my(v = vector(up_to), i=0); for(a=1, oo, for(col=1, a, i++; if(i > up_to, return(v)); v[i] = A257852sq((a-(col-1)), col))); (v); };
v257852 = A257852list(up_to);
A257852(n) = v257852[n]; \\ Antti Karttunen, Apr 18 2024

Crossrefs

Cf. A006370, A075677, A096773 (after its initial 0, column 1 of this array).

Cf. A004767, A017077, A082285, A238477 (rows 1-4).

Cf. A371092, A371093 (column and row indices for odd numbers).

Cf. also arrays A371095, A371096, A371097, A371100, A371101, A371102, A371103.

Sequence in context: A113647 A370381 A161380 * A051927 A322069 A194595

Adjacent sequences: A257849 A257850 A257851 * A257853 A257854 A257855

Keyword

nonn,tabl

Author

L. Edson Jeffery, Jul 12 2015

Status

approved