A318882 Total length of transient and terminal cycle if unitary-proper-divisor-sum function f(x) = A063919(x) is iterated and the initial value is n. Number of distinct terms in iteration list.

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

Offset: 1

Author

Antti Karttunen, Sep 22 2018, after Labos Elemer's A097032

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

This sequence implements the original definition given for A097032.

Examples

			For n = 1, A063919(1) = 1, that is, we immediately end with a terminal cycle of length 1 without a preceding transient part, thus a(1) = 0+1 = 1.
For n = 2, A063919(2) = 1, and A063919(1) = 1, so we end with a terminal cycle of length 1, after a transient part of length 1, thus a(2) = 1+1 = 2.
For n = 30, A063919(30) = 42, A063919(42) = 54, A063919(54) = 30, thus a(30) = a(42) = a(54) = 0+3 = 3, as 30, 42 and 54 are all contained in their own terminal cycle of length 3, without a preceding transient part.
For n = 1506, the iteration-list is {1506, 1518, 1938, 2382, 2394, 2406, [2418, 2958, 3522, 3534, 4146, 4158, 3906, 3774, 4434, 4446, 3954, 3966, 3978, 3582, 2418, ..., ad infinitum]}. After a transient of length 6 the iteration ends in a cycle of length 14, thus a(1506) = 6+14 = 20.
		

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..87360

Crossrefs

Cf. A063919, A097031, A097032, A318883.

Cf. A002827 (the positions of ones after the initial 1).

Programs

Mathematica

a063919[1] = 1; (* function a[] in A063919 by Jean-François Alcover *)
a063919[n_] := Total[Select[Divisors[n], GCD[#, n/#]==1&]]-n/;n>1
a318882[n_] := Map[Length[NestWhileList[a063919, #, UnsameQ, All]]-1&, Range[n]]
a318882[105] (* Hartmut F. W. Hoft, Jan 25 2024 *)

PARI

A034460(n) = (sumdivmult(n, d, if(gcd(d, n/d)==1, d))-n); \\ From A034460
A063919(n) = if(1==n,n,A034460(n));
A318882(n) = { my(visited = Map()); for(j=1, oo, if(mapisdefined(visited, n), return(j-1), mapput(visited, n, j)); n = A063919(n)); };
\\ Or by using lists:
pil(item,lista) = { for(i=1,#lista,if(lista[i]==item,return(i))); (0); };
A318882(n) = { my(visited = List([]), k); for(j=1, oo, if((k = pil(n,visited)) > 0, return(j-1)); listput(visited, n); n = A063919(n)); };

Formula

a(n) = A097031(n) + A318883(n).

a(n) = A097032(n) + A318880(n) - 1.