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You lost me here: "visualize it by just looking at the even and odd steps like so: 5->10" Where does the 10 come from?
by gregschlom 1y ago
You lost me here: "visualize it by just looking at the even and odd steps like so: 5->10"
Where does the 10 come from?
- skulk 1y ago5 is odd, so that's where the 1 comes from 8 ((5*3+1)/2) is even, so that's where the 0 comes from 4 (8/2) is the end.
- lapetitejort 1y agoThat is correct. I use pseudo-binary to represent the steps the number takes. Simply counting the number of steps is enough to get n, as all steps will have an implicit or explicit even step.