A095909 First occurrence of n in the modified Juggler sequence.

2, 4, 14, 11, 5, 3, 8, 35, 15, 9, 43, 19, 7, 41, 173, 31, 693, 123, 25, 437, 73, 2239, 303, 215, 1349, 165, 9549, 875, 655, 3439, 229, 121, 1401, 599, 163, 853, 295, 103, 307, 157, 2067, 841, 26179, 883, 775, 8465, 417, 639, 3099, 1487, 44857, 1275, 1307

Offset: 1

Author

Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 14 2004

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The modified Juggler sequence: begin with x and if x is even, round(sqrt(x)) -> x and if x is odd, round(sqrt(x3)) -> x and repeat until x = 1, count the iterations.

Crossrefs

Cf. A007321, A095910, A095911.

Programs

Mathematica

mjs[n_] := If[ EvenQ[n], Round[ Sqrt[n]], Round[ Sqrt[n^3]]]; f[n_] := Length[ NestWhileList[mjs, n, # != 1 &]] - 1; a = Table[0, {66}]; Do[ b = f[n]; If[b < 67 && a[[b]] == 0, a[[b]] = n], {n, 44900}]; a