COLL - The Collatz Sequence
An algorithm given by Lothar Collatz produces sequences of integers, and is described as follows:
Step 1: Choose an arbitrary positive integer A as the first item in the sequence.
Step 2: If A = 1 then stop.
Step 3: If A is even, then replace A by A / 2 and go to step 2.
Step 4: If A is odd, then replace A by 3 * A + 1 and go to step 2.
- It has been shown that this algorithm will always stop (in step 2) for initial values of A as large as 109. In this problem we want to determine the length of the sequence that includes all values produced until either the algorithm stops (in step 2).
Input
A number representing A (1 <= A <= 1,000,000,000).
Output
The length of the sequence generated by A.
Example
Input: 10 Output: 6
Explanation of sample input:
10 -> 5 -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 (the sequence is of length 6)
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pentatonix:
2018-07-01 10:31:05
ANSWER FOR THE GIVEN TEST CASE IS 7.
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isaac:
2016-08-15 00:46:03
The output in the example is not correct.It is not 6 it is 7,which includes the input together.As i submitted with the example i got a wrong answer.So be careful while handling the things
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2012-02-13 13:31:04
missing 8 in explanation Last edit: 2011-12-20 16:17:37 |
Added by: | Omar ElAzazy |
Date: | 2011-12-13 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All except: ASM64 |
Resource: | http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=635 |