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A353314
If n is of the form 3k, then a(n) = n, and if n is of the form 3k+r, with r = 1 or 2, then a(n) = 5*k + 3 + r.
6
0, 4, 5, 3, 9, 10, 6, 14, 15, 9, 19, 20, 12, 24, 25, 15, 29, 30, 18, 34, 35, 21, 39, 40, 24, 44, 45, 27, 49, 50, 30, 54, 55, 33, 59, 60, 36, 64, 65, 39, 69, 70, 42, 74, 75, 45, 79, 80, 48, 84, 85, 51, 89, 90, 54, 94, 95, 57, 99, 100, 60, 104, 105, 63, 109, 110, 66, 114, 115, 69, 119, 120, 72, 124, 125, 75, 129, 130
OFFSET
0,2
FORMULA
a(n) = n + A353327(n) = n + A102899(3+n).
From Chai Wah Wu, Jul 27 2022: (Start)
a(n) = 2*a(n-3) - a(n-6) for n > 5.
G.f.: x*(x^3 + 3*x^2 + 5*x + 4)/(x^6 - 2*x^3 + 1). (End)
MATHEMATICA
Array[If[#2 == 0, #1, 5 #1 + 3 + #2 & @@ QuotientRemainder[#1, 3]] & @@ {#, Mod[#, 3]} &, 78, 0] (* Michael De Vlieger, Apr 14 2022 *)
PROG
(PARI) A353314(n) = { my(r=(n%3)); if(!r, n, ((5*((n-r)/3)) + r + 3)); };
CROSSREFS
Cf. A353313 (variant), A349876 (the first multiple of 3 reached when iterating this sequence), A349877 (number of iterations to reach the first multiple of 3), A353327 (A102899).
Sequence in context: A299420 A374677 A019836 * A020503 A307484 A266964
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Antti Karttunen, Apr 14 2022
STATUS
approved