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A328147
a(n) = A025586(n)/4 for n>=3.
1
4, 1, 4, 4, 13, 2, 13, 4, 13, 4, 10, 13, 40, 4, 13, 13, 22, 5, 16, 13, 40, 6, 22, 10, 2308, 13, 22, 40, 2308, 8, 25, 13, 40, 13, 28, 22, 76, 10, 2308, 16, 49, 13, 34, 40, 2308, 12, 37, 22, 58, 13, 40, 2308, 2308, 14, 49, 22, 76, 40, 46, 2308, 2308, 16, 49, 25, 76, 17, 52, 40, 2308, 18, 2308, 28, 85, 22, 58, 76, 202, 20, 61, 2308, 2308, 21, 64, 49, 148, 22, 76, 34, 2308, 40, 70, 2308, 2308, 24, 2308, 37, 112
OFFSET
3,1
COMMENTS
This sequence factors out the 4 that all of the terms of A025586 for n>2 are divisible by.
EXAMPLE
For n=3, the Collatz sequence is 3,10,5,16,8,4,2,1. The largest term is 16, so a(3) = 16/4 = 4.
PROG
(Python)
def a(n):
if n<3: return 0
l=[n, ]
while True:
if n%2==0: n/=2
else: n = 3*n + 1
if not n in l:
l+=[n, ]
if n<2: break
else: break
return max(l)/4
CROSSREFS
Cf. A025586.
Sequence in context: A341100 A350639 A347264 * A151783 A258853 A275791
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
P. Michael Hutchins, Oct 22 2019
EXTENSIONS
a(1)-a(2) removed from data by Michel Marcus, Nov 02 2020
STATUS
approved