#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int i,j,count=1;
int total =0;
while(cin>>i && cin>>j)
{
total=0;
cout<<i<<" "<<j<<" ";
if(i>j)
{
swap(i,j);
}
for(int a = i ; a<=j; a++)
{
int d = a;
count=1;
while(d != 1)
{
if(d%2==0)
{
d = d/2;
}
else
{
d = (d*3) + 1;
}
count++;
}
if(total<=count)
{
total=count;
}
}
cout<<total<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
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