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Asymptotics of Lagged Fibonacci Sequences

Combinatorics 2009-12-15 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Consider "lagged" Fibonacci sequences a(n)=a(n1)+a(n/k)a(n) = a(n-1)+a(\lfloor n/k\rfloor) for k>1k > 1. We show that limna(kn)/a(n)lnn/n=klnk\lim_{n\to\infty} a(kn)/a(n)\cdot\ln n/n = k\ln k and we demonstrate the slow numerical convergence to this limit and how to deal with this slow convergence. We also discuss the connection between two classical results of N.G. de Bruijn and K. Mahler on the asymptotics of a(n)a(n).

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@article{arxiv.0912.2459,
  title  = {Asymptotics of Lagged Fibonacci Sequences},
  author = {Stephan Mertens and Stefan Boettcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2459},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures