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On generalized Thabit numbers $(p+1)p^\mathfrak{a}-1$ in the $k$-Lucas sequence

Number Theory 2026-03-25 v1

Abstract

Let k2k\ge 2 and {Ln(k)}n2k\{L_n^{(k)}\}_{n\geq 2-k} be the sequence of kk-Lucas numbers whose first kk terms are 0,,0,2,10,\ldots,0,2,1 and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding kk terms. In this paper, we solve the Diophantine equation Ln(k)=(p+1)pa1L_n^{(k)}=(p+1)p^\mathfrak{a}-1, for a Mersenne or Fermat prime p=2±1p=2^{\ell}\pm 1, and positive integers n2n\ge 2, k2k\ge 2, a1\mathfrak{a}\ge 1 and 1\ell \ge 1.

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@article{arxiv.2603.22878,
  title  = {On generalized Thabit numbers $(p+1)p^\mathfrak{a}-1$ in the $k$-Lucas sequence},
  author = {Herbert Batte and Florian Luca and Pantelimon Stănică},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.22878},
  year   = {2026}
}

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