[seqfan] Re: Hailstone sequence

[David Rabahy]

A288493

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 7:35:43 CEST, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >  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, then 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
>
>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?