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A063043
Collatz-2 (A063041) trajectory starting at 17.
3
17, 222, 111, 37, 1148, 574, 287, 41, 1518, 759, 253, 23, 438, 219, 73, 5184, 2592, 1296, 648, 324, 162, 81, 27, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36, 18, 9, 3, 7, 36
OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
a(23) = a(28) = 9 and a(i) = a(j) <==> i = j for i, j < 28; same cycle values as A063042 but the conjecture that this is the only cycle for all starting values is not true: see A063044
FORMULA
a(0) = 17 and a(n) = A063041(a(n-1)) for n > 0
MATHEMATICA
NestList[If[PrimeQ[#], #*Prime[PrimePi[#]-1]+1, #/Min@@First/@FactorInteger[#]]&, 17, 30] (* Jayanta Basu, May 27 2013 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 07 2001
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Sean A. Irvine, Apr 16 2023
STATUS
approved