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On Palindromic forms in the $k$-Lucas sequence composed of two distinct Repdigits

General Mathematics 2025-05-27 v2

Abstract

For integers k2k \geq 2, the kk-generalized Lucas sequence {Ln(k)}n2k\{L_n^{(k)}\}_{n \geq 2-k} is defined by the recurrence relation Ln(k)=Ln1(k)++Lnk(k)for n2, L_n^{(k)} = L_{n-1}^{(k)} + \cdots + L_{n-k}^{(k)} \quad \text{for } n \geq 2, with initial terms given by L0(k)=2L_0^{(k)} = 2, L1(k)=1L_1^{(k)} = 1, and L2k(k)==L1(k)=0L_{2-k}^{(k)} = \cdots = L_{-1}^{(k)} = 0. In this paper, we extend work in \cite{Lucas} and show that the result in \cite{Lucas} still holds for k3k\ge 3, that is, we show that for k3k\ge 3, there is no kk-generalized Lucas number appearing as a palindrome formed by concatenating two distinct repdigits.

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@article{arxiv.2505.09638,
  title  = {On Palindromic forms in the $k$-Lucas sequence composed of two distinct Repdigits},
  author = {Herbert Batte and Prosper Kaggwa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.09638},
  year   = {2025}
}

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14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2504.14261, arXiv:2504.10138