On Brocard's problem with Padovan and Perrin numbers
Number Theory
2026-06-26 v1
Abstract
The Padovan sequence is a ternary recurrence sequence with companion polynomial and initial conditions . The Perrin sequence is defined by the same companion polynomial as the Padovan sequence, but has initial values , , and . We solve the Brocard-Ramanujan equation , where is the factorial of and is a Padovan number or a Perrin number. In both cases, we prove that is the only solution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2606.28577,
title = {On Brocard's problem with Padovan and Perrin numbers},
author = {Eric F. Bravo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28577},
year = {2026}
}