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Lucas Numbers with Lehmer Property

Number Theory 2015-08-25 v1

Abstract

A composite positive integer n is Lehmer if \phi(n) divides n-1, where \phi(n) is the Euler's totient function. No Lehmer number is known, nor has it been proved that they don't exist. In 2007, the second author [7] proved that there is no Lehmer number in the Fibonacci sequence. In this paper, we adapt the method from [7] to show that there is no Lehmer number in the companion Lucas sequence of the Fibonacci sequence (Ln)n0(L_n)_{n\geq 0} given by L0=2,L1=1L_0 = 2, L_1 = 1 and Ln+2=Ln+1+LnL_{n+2} = L_{n+1} + L_n for all n0.n\geq 0.

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@article{arxiv.1508.05709,
  title  = {Lucas Numbers with Lehmer Property},
  author = {Bernadette Faye and Florian Luca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05709},
  year   = {2015}
}
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