A087260 a(n) = gcd(4n, A025586(4n)), greatest common divisor of 4n and largest value in 3x+1 iteration list started at 4n.

4, 8, 4, 16, 20, 24, 4, 32, 4, 40, 4, 48, 52, 56, 20, 64, 68, 72, 4, 80, 84, 88, 4, 96, 100, 104, 4, 112, 116, 40, 4, 128, 132, 136, 20, 144, 148, 152, 4, 160, 4, 168, 4, 176, 180, 184, 4, 192, 196, 200, 4, 208, 212, 8, 4, 224, 228, 232, 4, 240, 244, 8, 4, 256, 260, 264

Offset: 1

Author

Labos Elemer, Sep 09 2003

Keywords

• nonn

Crossrefs

Cf. A025586, A033496-A087261.

Programs

Mathematica

c[x_] := (1-Mod[x, 2])*(x/2)+Mod[x, 2]*(3*x+1)c[1]=1; fpl[x_] := Delete[FixedPointList[c, x], -1] Table[GCD[4*w, Max[fpl[4*w]]], {w, 1, 256}]