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%I A346591 #12 Jul 28 2021 12:56:52 %S A346591 4,6,9,18,25,27,54,108,129,171,231,327,649,703,871,1161,2223,2463, %T A346591 2919,3711,6171,10971,13255,17647,23529,26623,34239,35655,52527,77031, %U A346591 106239,142587,156159,216367,230631,410011,511935,626331,837799,1117065,1501353,1723519 %N A346591 Composite numbers k such that A006577(k) sets a new record. %H A346591 <a href="/index/3#3x1">Index entries for sequences related to 3x+1 (or Collatz) problem</a> %t A346591 s[n_]:=s[n]=(i=0;r=n;While[r!=1,i++;If[EvenQ@r,r=r/2,r=r*3+1]];i); %t A346591 lst={};max=1;Do[If[!PrimeQ@k,t=s[k];If[t>max,AppendTo[lst,k];max=t]],{k,10^4}];lst (* _Giorgos Kalogeropoulos_, Jul 28 2021 *) %o A346591 (PARI) a6577(n0)={my(n=n0,k=0);while(n>1,k++;n=if(n%2,3*n+1,n/2));k}; %o A346591 a346591(limit)={msteps=0;forcomposite(c=4,limit,my(m=a6577(c));if(m>msteps,print1(c,", ");msteps=m))}; %o A346591 a346591(2000000) %Y A346591 Cf. A006577, A346592, A346593. %Y A346591 A006877 is the union of A244638 and this sequence. %K A346591 nonn %O A346591 1,1 %A A346591 _Hugo Pfoertner_, Jul 28 2021