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Combinatorialization of Sury and McLaughlin identities, general linear recurrences in a unified approach

Combinatorics 2020-09-15 v1

Abstract

In this article we provide with combinatorial proofs of some recent identities due to Sury and McLaughlin. We show that, the solution of a general linear recurrence with constant coefficients can be interpreted as a determinant of a matrix. Also, we derive a determinantal expression of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. We prove Binets formula for Fibonacci and Lucas numbers in a purely combinatorial way and in course of doing so, we find a determinantal identity, which we think to be new.

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@article{arxiv.2009.06162,
  title  = {Combinatorialization of Sury and McLaughlin identities, general linear recurrences in a unified approach},
  author = {Sudip Bera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.06162},
  year   = {2020}
}

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16 pages, 11 figures