A372825 Exponents of 3 and 2 in sequence A372823.
0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 7, 5, 8, 6, 10, 7, 12, 8, 13, 9, 15, 10, 16, 11, 18, 12, 20, 13, 21, 14, 23, 15, 24, 16, 26, 17, 27, 18, 29, 19, 31, 20, 32, 21, 34, 22, 35, 23, 37, 24, 39, 25, 40, 26, 42, 27, 43, 28, 45, 29, 46, 30, 48, 31, 50, 32, 51, 33, 53, 34
Offset: 0
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Programs
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Mathematica
a[n_] := If[EvenQ[n], n/2, Ceiling[((n - 1)/2) Log[3]/Log[2]]] Table[a[n], {n, 0, 120}]
Formula
a(2n) = n, a(2n+1) = least k such that 3^n <= 2^k.