A075120 Number of steps to reach the first integer (= A075121(n)) starting with n/floor(sqrt(n)) and iterating the map x -> x*ceiling(x), or -1 if no integer is ever reached.
0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 5, 2, 0, 3, 2, 0, 0, 3, 3, 2, 0, 2, 1, 3, 0, 0, 8, 3, 5, 2, 0, 3, 2, 5, 3, 0, 0, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, 0, 5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 0, 0, 7, 12, 5, 11, 12, 2, 0, 4, 3, 9, 12, 6, 16, 0, 0, 3, 7, 8, 4, 4, 4, 2, 0, 2, 4, 5, 1, 5, 2, 5, 0, 0, 7, 3, 22, 3, 3
Offset: 1
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a(13)=3 since 13/floor(sqrt(13)) = 13/3 -> 65/3 -> 1430/3 -> 227370 = A075121(13).
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