OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Both a(n) and (3a(n)+1)/2 are odd.
Both a(n) and (3a(n)+1)/2 are congruent to 2 mod 3.
a(n) is congruent to 3 mod 4.
Both a(n) and (3a(n)+1)/2 are congruent to 4 mod 5 and the two prime factors are congruent to 1 and 4 mod 5.
Both a(n) and (3a(n)+1)/2 are congruent to 9 mod 10 and the two prime factors are congruent to 1 and 9 mod 10.
If a(n) = p*(p-m), with p and p-m prime, then m>=2*sqrt(30p^2+2)-10p.
The sum of the reciprocals 1/a(n) converges.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zachary P. Bradshaw, Sep 18 2024
EXTENSIONS
One of the editors suggests that the following article is related: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384084846_A_Family_of_Solutions_to_Arithmetic_Differential_Equations_Involving_the_Collatz_Map - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 23 2024
STATUS
approved