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Notes on Fibonacci Partitions

Number Theory 2018-05-15 v9 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let f1=1,f2=2f_1=1,f_2=2 and fi=fi1+fi2f_i=f_{i-1}+f_{i-2} for i>2i>2 be the sequence of Fibonacci numbers. Let Φh(n)\Phi_h(n) be the quantity of partitions of natural number nn into hh different Fibonacci numbers. In terms of Zeckendorf partition of nn I deduce a formula for the function Φ(n;t):=h1Φh(n)th\Phi(n;t):=\sum_{h\geq 1}\Phi_h(n)t^h, and use it to analyze the functions F(n):=Φ(n;1)F(n):=\Phi(n;1) and χ(n):=Φ(n;1)\chi(n):=\Phi(n;-1). I obtain the least upper bound for F(n)F(n) when fi1\<n\<fi+11f_i-1\<n\<f_{i+1}-1. It implies that F(n)\<n+1F(n)\<\sqrt{n+1} for any natural nn. I prove also that χ(n)\<1|\chi(n)|\<1, and limN1N(χ2(1)+χ2(2)\dptχ2(N))=0\mathop{\lim}\limits_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{N} \left(\chi^2(1)+\chi^2(2)\dpt\chi^2(N)\right)=0. For any k2k\>2, I define a special finite set G(k)\mathbb{G}(k) of solutions of the equation F(n)=kF(n)=k, all solutions can be easily obtained from G(k)\mathbb{G}(k). This construction uses a representation of rational numbers as certain continued fractions and provides with a canonical identification k2G(k)=\G+\coprod_{k\>2}\mathbb{G}(k)=\G_+, where \G+\G_+ is the monoid freely generated by the positive rational numbers <1<1. Let Ψ(k)\Psi(k) be the cardinality of G(k)\mathbb{G}(k). I prove that, for i2ki\>2k and k2k\>2, the interval [fi1,fi+11][f_i-1,f_{i+1}-1] contains exactly 2Ψ(k)2\Psi(k) solutions of the equation F(n)=kF(n)=k and offer a formula for the Dirichlet generating function of the sequence Ψ(k)\Psi(k). I formulate conjectures on the set of minimal solutions of the equations F(n)=kF(n)=k as kk varies and pose some questions concerning such solutions.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0307150,
  title  = {Notes on Fibonacci Partitions},
  author = {F. V. Weinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0307150},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

23 pages, 2 figures. This version closely corresponds the version published in "Experimental Mathematics", with minor misprint and rearrangement corrections