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Linear recurrence sequences and twisted binary forms

Number Theory 2018-02-15 v1

Abstract

Let i=1d(XαiY)C[X,Y] \prod_{i=1}^d (X-\alpha_i Y) \in{\mathbb C}[X,Y] be a binary form and let ϵ1,,ϵd\epsilon_1,\dots,\epsilon_d be nonzero complex numbers. We consider the family of binary forms i=1d(XαiϵiaY) \prod_{i=1}^d (X-\alpha_i \epsilon_i^aY), aZa\in {\mathbb Z}, which we write as XdU1(a)Xd1Y++(1)d1Ud1(a)XYd1+(1)dUd(a)Yd. X^d-U_1(a)X^{d-1}Y+\cdots+(-1)^{d-1} U_{d-1}(a) XY^{d-1}+(-1)^d U_d(a) Y^d. In this paper we study these sequences (Uh(a))aZ\bigl(U_h(a)\bigr)_{a\in {\mathbb Z}} which turn out to be linear recurrence sequences.

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@article{arxiv.1802.05154,
  title  = {Linear recurrence sequences and twisted binary forms},
  author = {Claude Levesque and Michel Waldschmidt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.05154},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics ICPAM-GOROKA 2014, "Contemporary Developments in the Mathematical Sciences as Tools for Scientific and Technological Transformation of Papua New Guinea"