/* >>~~ UVa Online Judge ACM Problem Solution ~~<< ID: 100 Name: The 3n + 1 problem Problem: https://onlinejudge.org/external/1/100.pdf Language: C++ Author: Arash Shakery Email: arash.shakery@gmail.com */ #include #include using namespace std; #define MAX 10000000 long long int memo[MAX]; long long int alen(long long int n, int d) { if (n == 1) return 1; if (!d || n<0) return -1e7; if (n < MAX && memo[n]) return memo[n]; long long int x = n; int b = 0; for (; !(x&1); x>>=1) b++; long long int r = 1; if (x < MAX && memo[x]) r = memo[x]; else if (x>1 && 3*x+1>0) { r = alen(3*x + 1, d-1) + 1; if (x < MAX && r>0) memo[x] = r; } if (n < MAX && r>0) memo[n] = b + r; return b + r; } int main(){ bool b; long long int l, r; while (cin>>l>>r && (l||r)) { long long int best = 0; if ((b = r < l)) { r ^= l; l ^= r; r ^= l; } for (long long int i=r; i>=l; i--) { long long int al = alen(i, 800); if (al >= best) best = al; } printf("%lld %lld %lld\n", b?r:l, b?l:r, best); } }