A064844 Number of iterations of x -> x + A064834(x) to reach a palindrome, starting with n (or -1 if no palindrome is ever reached).

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 6, 5, 6, 4, 2, 5, 7, 3, 1, 1, 0, 4, 3, 6, 2, 2, 5, 7, 1, 1, 1, 0, 4, 3, 6, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1

Offset: 1

Author

Jonathan Ayres (jonathan.ayres(AT)btinternet.com), Oct 25 2001

Keywords

• base
• nonn

Comments

Longest sequence for n<252784 is a(250584)=2311. Is a palindromic number always reached?

Examples

			For n=16, A064834(16) = 5, so next number is 16+5 = 21. A064834(21)=1 so next number is 22. 22 is a palindrome which is reached after 2 iterations, so a(16)=2