A Modified Collatz sequence (noch nicht übersetzt)
A modified Collatz sequence of integers is obtained from a starting value a1 in the following way:
an+1=an3 if an is divisible by 3. We shall denote this as a large downward step, "D".
an+1=4an+23 if an divided by 3 gives a remainder of 1. We shall denote this as an upward step, "U".
an+1=2an−13 if an divided by 3 gives a remainder of 2. We shall denote this as a small downward step, "d".
The sequence terminates when some an=1.
Given any integer, we can list out the sequence of steps.
For instance if a1=231, then the sequence {an}={231,77,51,17,11,7,10,14,9,3,1} corresponds to the steps "DdDddUUdDD".
Of course, there are other sequences that begin with that same sequence "DdDddUUdDD....".
For instance, if a1=1004064, then the sequence is DdDddUUdDDDdUDUUUdDdUUDDDUdDD.
In fact, 1004064 is the smallest possible a1>106 that begins with the sequence DdDddUUdDD.
What is the smallest a1>1015 that begins with the sequence "UDDDUdddDDUDDddDdDddDDUDDdUUDd"?