[seqfan] Re: Hailstone sequence

[Neil Sloane]

>  I conjecture that the first differences return to the value of 1
again and again forever.

By looking at the data it might be possible to explain that. E.g. if x
takes a record no of steps, them maybe 2x is a candidate for the next
record and takes one more step - or something like that

in any case, the seq of diffs is certainly worth adding to the OEIS, now
that
it is part of this discussion

Best regards
Neil

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:07 PM, David Rabahy <DavidRabahy at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Like this?  I conjecture that the first differences return to the value of
> 1
> again and again forever.
>
> On Tue Jun 6,2017 at 22:04:32 CEST, Alonso Del Arte <alonso.delarte at
> gmail.com>
> Wrote:
>
> > Just my opinion: it is definitely interesting, but without more to say
> >about it (e.g., some keen insight, or at least a conjecture that seems
> very
> >likely to be true) I don't think it's interesting *enough*.
> >
> >Al
> >
> >On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 12:45 PM, David Rabahy <DavidRabahy at comcast.net
> >
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Is the first differences of A006878 interesting enough to be entered
> into
> >> the OEIS?
>
>
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