Re: Collatz sieving

["Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol@isolution.nl>]

On 2021-12-30 19:00, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
> On 2021-12-30 12:53, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
> > On 2021-12-23 02:50, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:

> > Variant, and now with statistics:
> >
> > ? run2(2^12+1)
> > - - - - -
> > #s      : 16389 (bits)
> > max(c2) : 8195
> > next(c2): 16437
> > sieved  : 97.76%
> > took    : 12.18s
> > - - - - -
> > [...]
>
> I imagine (sic) that these "cyclic" natures
> are useful for involving complex numbers,
> but I don't "feel" yet if
> either the pattern-dimension
> or the halving/tripling-dimension
> would fit best to the imaginary side.
>
> Good reason for me to just go and try,
> and refresh my math knowledge while doing such!
The next trick I am thinking about, is to use a repeated transformation 
from the odd towards its first lower value (either even or odd would be 
fine) that has a built-in switch to “degrade” into 
divisions-by-1/additions-of-0 once the lower value is reached.

-- Greetings, Ruud