import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

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/**
 *
 * @author cteam063
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public class collatz {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        long cura = 0, curb = 0, met;
        long a = scanner.nextLong();




        long b = scanner.nextLong();

        while (!(a == 0 && b == 0)) {
            List<Long> alist = new ArrayList<Long>();
            List<Long> blist = new ArrayList<Long>();
            alist.add(a);
            blist.add(b);

            while (true) {
                long lastA = alist.get(alist.size() - 1);
                long lastB = blist.get(blist.size() - 1);
                if (lastA < lastB) {
                    if ((lastA % 2) == 1) {
                        cura = nextCollatz(lastA);
                        alist.add(cura);
                        if (blist.contains(cura)) {
                            met = cura;
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        curb = nextCollatz(lastB);
                        blist.add(curb);
                        if (alist.contains(curb)) {
                            met = curb;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    if ((lastB % 2) == 1) {
                        curb = nextCollatz(lastB);
                        blist.add(curb);
                        if (alist.contains(curb)) {
                            met = curb;
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        cura = nextCollatz(lastA);
                        alist.add(cura);
                        if (blist.contains(cura)) {
                            met = cura;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            System.out.println(String.format("%d needs %d steps, %d needs %d steps, they meet at %d", a, alist.indexOf(met), b, blist.indexOf(met), met));

            a = scanner.nextLong();
            b = scanner.nextLong();
        }
    }

    public static long nextCollatz(long n) {
        if (n == 1) {
            return 1;
        }
        if (n % 2 == 0) {
            return n / 2;
        } else {
            return 3 * n + 1;
        }
    }
}