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A353312
Size of the finite cycle eventually reached by iterating A353313, or -1 if no finite cycle is ever reached.
4
1, 4, 103, 4, 4, 103, 103, 3, 103, 4, 103, 3, 4, 103, 3, 103, 6, 103, 103, 103, 3, 3, 103, 3, 103, 3, 103, 4, 3, 6, 103, 103, 103, 3, 103, 3, 4, 3, 103, 103, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 103, 3, 103, 6, 3, 6, 103, 6, 103, 103, 103, 6, 103, 3, 103, 3, 103, 3, 3, 3, 103, 103, 103, 6, 3, 3, 3, 103, 103, 3, 3, 3, 103, 103, 3, 103
OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A353311(n) - A353310(n).
EXAMPLE
Starting from n=2 and iterating A353313, we obtain the following 104 terms [2, 5, 10, 19, 34, 59, 100, 169, 284, 475, 794, 1325, 2210, 3685, 6144, 2048, 3415, 5694, 1898, 3165, 1055, 1760, 2935, 4894, 8159, 13600, 22669, 37784, 62975, 104960, 174935, 291560, 485935, 809894, 1349825, 2249710, 3749519, 6249200, 10415335, 17358894, 5786298, 1928766, 642922, 1071539, 1785900, 595300, 992169, 330723, 110241, 36747, 12249, 4083, 1361, 2270, 3785, 6310, 10519, 17534, 29225, 48710, 81185, 135310, 225519, 75173, 125290, 208819, 348034, 580059, 193353, 64451, 107420, 179035, 298394, 497325, 165775, 276294, 92098, 153499, 255834, 85278, 28426, 47379, 15793, 26324, 43875, 14625, 4875, 1625, 2710, 4519, 7534, 12559, 20934, 6978, 2326, 3879, 1293, 431, 720, 240, 80, 135, 45, 15] before the iteration returns to 5 again, in other words, forming a finite cycle of length 103, therefore a(2) = 103.
PROG
(PARI)
A353313(n) = { my(r=(n%3)); if(!r, n/3, ((5*((n-r)/3)) + r + 3)); };
A353312(n) = { my(visited = Map()); for(j=1, oo, if(mapisdefined(visited, n), return(j-mapget(visited, n)), mapput(visited, n, j)); n = A353313(n)); };
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Apr 13 2022
STATUS
approved