A227944 Number of iterations of "take odd part of phi" (A053575) to reach 1 from n.
0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2
Offset: 1
Examples
a(18) = 2 because it takes two steps to reach 1 from 18: phi(18) = 6, the odd part of which is 3, and phi(3) = 2, the odd part of which is 1. a(19) = 3 because it takes three steps to reach 1 from 19: phi(19) = 18, the odd part of which is 9, and phi(9) = 6, the odd part of which is 3, and phi(3) = 2, the odd part of which is 1.
Links
- T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
Programs
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Haskell
a227944 n = fst $ until ((== 1) . snd) (\(i, x) -> (i + 1, a053575 x)) (0, n) -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 09 2013
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Mathematica
oddPhi[n_] := Module[{phi = EulerPhi[n]}, phi/2^IntegerExponent[phi, 2]]; Table[Length[NestWhileList[oddPhi[#] &, n, # > 1 &]] - 1, {n, 100}] (* T. D. Noe, Oct 07 2013 *)
Formula
For n > 1, a(n) = a(A053575(n)) + 1.
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