OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Numbers that appear exactly 6 times in A025586, which gives the largest value in the 3x + 1 trajectory of n. This sequence is a subsequence of A033496 and also of A176869.
There is a single Collatz trajectory containing all initial values to its maximum value n which has the form (8n-20)/9, (4n-10)/9, (2n-5)/9, (2n-2)/3, (n-1)/3, n, where n mod 3 = 1, (2n-2)/3 mod 3 = 1, (4n-10)/9 mod 3 = 0; see also the link in A033496.
LINKS
Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..5320
EXAMPLE
1636 is in the sequence since it is the largest value in the single trajectory starting with 1452, 726, 363, 1090, 545, 1636, and no other initial values produce a trajectory with maximum 1636.
MATHEMATICA
(* function fanSize[] is defined in A105730 *)
a274467[low_, high_] := First[Transpose[Select[Map[{#, fanSize[#]}&, Range[low, high, 4]], Last[#]==6&]]]/; Mod[low, 4]==0
a274467[4, 10000] (* Data *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Jun 24 2016
STATUS
approved