Complete Generalized Fibonacci Sequences Modulo Primes
Number Theory
2020-02-26 v1
Abstract
We study generalized Fibonacci sequences with initial values and . Let be nonzero integers such that is not a perfect square. We show that if then the sequence misses a congruence class modulo every prime large enough. On the other hand, if , we prove that (under GRH) the sequence hits every congruence class modulo infinitely many primes.
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@article{arxiv.1812.01048,
title = {Complete Generalized Fibonacci Sequences Modulo Primes},
author = {Mohammad Javaheri and Nikolai Krylov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.01048},
year = {2020}
}
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13 pages