A372283 Array read by upward antidiagonals: A(n, k) = R(A(n-1, k)) for n > 1, k >= 1; A(1, k) = 2*k-1, where Reduced Collatz function R(n) gives the odd part of 3n+1.

1, 1, 3, 1, 5, 5, 1, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1, 1, 11, 9, 1, 1, 1, 17, 7, 11, 1, 1, 1, 13, 11, 17, 13, 1, 1, 1, 5, 17, 13, 5, 15, 1, 1, 1, 1, 13, 5, 1, 23, 17, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1, 35, 13, 19, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 53, 5, 29, 21, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 11, 1, 23, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 17, 1, 35, 25

Offset: 1

Author

Antti Karttunen, Apr 28 2024

Keywords

• nonn
• tabl

Comments

Collatz conjecture is equal to the claim that in each column 1 will eventually appear. See also arrays A372287 and A372288.

Examples

			Array begins:
n\k| 1  2  3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13   14  15   16  17  18
---+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
1  | 1, 3, 5,  7,  9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25,  27, 29,  31, 33, 35,
2  | 1, 5, 1, 11,  7, 17,  5, 23, 13, 29,  1, 35, 19,  41, 11,  47, 25, 53,
3  | 1, 1, 1, 17, 11, 13,  1, 35,  5, 11,  1, 53, 29,  31, 17,  71, 19,  5,
4  | 1, 1, 1, 13, 17,  5,  1, 53,  1, 17,  1,  5, 11,  47, 13, 107, 29,  1,
5  | 1, 1, 1,  5, 13,  1,  1,  5,  1, 13,  1,  1, 17,  71,  5, 161, 11,  1,
6  | 1, 1, 1,  1,  5,  1,  1,  1,  1,  5,  1,  1, 13, 107,  1, 121, 17,  1,
7  | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  5, 161,  1,  91, 13,  1,
8  | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 121,  1, 137,  5,  1,
9  | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  91,  1, 103,  1,  1,
10 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 137,  1, 155,  1,  1,
11 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 103,  1, 233,  1,  1,
12 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 155,  1, 175,  1,  1,
13 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 233,  1, 263,  1,  1,
14 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 175,  1, 395,  1,  1,
15 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 263,  1, 593,  1,  1,
16 | 1, 1, 1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, 395,  1, 445,  1,  1,
		

Links

• Antti Karttunen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..22155; the first 210 antidiagonals, flattened
• Index entries for sequences related to 3x+1 (or Collatz) problem

Crossrefs

Cf. A005408 (row 1), A075677 (row 2), A372443 (column 14).

Cf. A258145 (A075680), A371093.

Arrays derived from this one or related to:

A372282,

A372287 the column index of A(n, k) in array A257852,

A372361 terms xored with binary words of the same length, either of the form 10101...0101 or 110101...0101, depending on whether the binary length is odd or even,

A372360 binary weights of A372361.

Cf. also array A371095 (giving every fourth column, 1, 5, 9, ...) and irregular array A256598 which gives the terms of each column, but only down to the first 1.

Programs

Mathematica

With[{dmax = 15}, Table[#[[k, n-k+1]], {n, dmax}, {k, n}] & [Array[NestList[(3*# + 1)/2^IntegerExponent[3*# + 1, 2] &, 2*# - 1, dmax - #] &, dmax]]] (* Paolo Xausa, Apr 29 2024 *)

PARI

up_to = 91;
R(n) = { n = 1+3*n; n>>valuation(n, 2); };
A372283sq(n,k) = if(1==n,2*k-1,R(A372283sq(n-1,k)));
A372283list(up_to) = { my(v = vector(up_to), i=0); for(a=1,oo, for(col=1,a, i++; if(i > up_to, return(v)); v[i] = A372283sq((a-(col-1)),col))); (v); };
v372283 = A372283list(up_to);
A372283(n) = v372283[n];

Formula

For n > 1, A(n, k) = R(A372282(n-1, k)), where R(n) = (3*n+1)/2^A371093(n).

For all k >= 1, A(A258145(k-1), k) = 1 [which is the topmost 1 in each column].