# Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences! http://oeis.org/ Search: id:a255524 Showing 1-1 of 1 %I A255524 #14 Feb 28 2015 14:37:48 %S A255524 4,6,2,3,3,3,2,3,3 %N A255524 Let EKG-n denote the EKG sequence (A064413) started with n rather than 2, and suppose EKG-n first merges with some other EKG-i (i >= 2) sequence after f(n) (= A255583(n)) steps; then a(n) = smallest value of i such that EKG-i meets EKG-n after f(n) steps. %C A255524 Does a(n) always exist? %C A255524 See video for explanation. %C A255524 Recommended for elementary school teachers to experiment with to teach factoring. %H A255524 Gordon Hamilton, EKG Ancestral Links %e A255524 a(5) = 3 because the EKG sequence starting with 5 (EKG-5) starts coinciding with sequences EKG-3, EKG-6, EKG-9 and EKG-12 simultaneously (when all sequences hit 18). %e A255524 EKG-3: 3, 6, 2, 4, 8, 10, 5, 15, 9, 12, 14, 7, 21, 18, 16, 20, 22, 11... %e A255524 EKG-6: 6, 2, 4, 8, 10, 5, 15, 3, 9, 12, 14, 7, 21, 18, 16, 20, 22, 11... %e A255524 EKG-9: 9, 3, 6, 2, 4, 8, 10, 5, 15, 12, 14, 7, 21, 18, 16, 20, 22, 11... %e A255524 EKG-12: 12, 2, 4, 6, 3, 9, 15, 5, 10, 8, 14, 7, 21, 18, 16, 20, 22, 11... %e A255524 EKG-5: 5, 10, 2, 4, 6, 3, 9, 12, 8, 14, 7, 21, 15, 18, 16, 20, 22, 11... %e A255524 Of these, the smallest EKG sequence is numbered 3 so a(5) = 3. %Y A255524 A255198 records the number of closest neighbors. %Y A255524 For examples of EKG-n, see A064413, A169841, A169837, A169843, A169855, A169849. %Y A255524 Cf. A255583. %K A255524 nonn,more %O A255524 2,1 %A A255524 _Gordon Hamilton_, Feb 24 2015 # Content is available under The OEIS End-User License Agreement: http://oeis.org/LICENSE