Search: id:A049108 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A049108 %S A049108 1,2,3,3,4,3,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,5,5,6,4,5,5,5,5,6,5,6,5,5,5,6,5,6,6,6,6,6, %T A049108 5,6,5,6,6,7,5,6,6,6,6,7,6,6,6,7,6,7,5,7,6,6,6,7,6,7,6,6,7,7,6,7,7,7,6, %U A049108 7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6,7,7,6,7,8,6,8,6,7,7,8,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,6,7,7,8,7,8,7,7 %N A049108 Number of iterations of Euler phi function needed to reach 1 starting at n (n is counted). %F A049108 By the definition of a(n) we have for n >= 2 the recursion a(n) = a(Phi(n)) + 1. - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Apr 20 2001 %e A049108 If n=164 the trajectory is {164,80,32,16,8,4,2,1}. Its length is 8, thus a(164)=8. %t A049108 f[n_] := Length[ NestWhileList[ EulerPhi, n, Unequal, 2]] - 1; Table[ f[n], {n, 1, 105}] %Y A049108 Cf. A000010, A007755. Equals A003434 + 1. %Y A049108 Sequence in context: A096344 A030349 A085887 this_sequence A086925 A088858 A113312 %Y A049108 Adjacent sequences: A049105 A049106 A049107 this_sequence A049109 A049110 A049111 %K A049108 nonn,nice,easy %O A049108 1,2 %A A049108 Labos E. (labos(AT)ana.sote.hu) Search completed in 0.001 seconds