top | item 43773605 (no title) gregschlom | 10 months 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? discuss order hn newest skulk|10 months ago 5 is odd, so that's where the 1 comes from8 ((5*3+1)/2) is even, so that's where the 0 comes from4 (8/2) is the end. lapetitejort|10 months ago That 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.
skulk|10 months ago 5 is odd, so that's where the 1 comes from8 ((5*3+1)/2) is even, so that's where the 0 comes from4 (8/2) is the end. lapetitejort|10 months ago That 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.
lapetitejort|10 months ago That 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.
skulk|10 months ago
8 ((5*3+1)/2) is even, so that's where the 0 comes from
4 (8/2) is the end.
lapetitejort|10 months ago