A262304 Tail of sequence of lower halves of n: repeatedly apply x->floor(x/2) starting at n until reach one of 2,3,4; a(n) = whichever of 2,3,4 is reached.

2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Offset: 2

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Sep 30 2015

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Examples

			20->10->5->2 takes 3 steps and ends at 2, so a(20)=2.
		

Links

• S. Jablan, L. H. Kauffman, and P. Lopes, The delunification process and minimal diagrams, arXiv:1406.2378 [math.GT], 2014.
• S. Jablan, L. H. Kauffman, and P. Lopes, The delunification process and minimal diagrams, Topology Appl., 193 (2015), 270-289, #5531.

Crossrefs

Cf. A262303.

Extensions

a(31)-a(88) from Hiroaki Yamanouchi, Oct 03 2015