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Partial sums and generating functions for powers of second order sequences with indices in arithmetic progression

Combinatorics 2019-07-05 v4

Abstract

The sums j=0kurj+s2nzj\sum_{j = 0}^k {u_{rj + s}^{2n}z^j }, j=0kurj+s2n1zj\sum_{j = 0}^k {u_{rj + s}^{2n-1}z^j }, j=0kvrj+snzj\sum_{j = 0}^k {v_{rj + s}^{n}z^j } and j=0kwrj+snzj\sum_{j = 0}^k {w_{rj + s}^{n}z^j } are evaluated; where nn is any positive integer, rr, ss and kk are any arbitrary integers, zz is arbitrary, (ui)(u_i) and (vi)(v_i) are the Lucas sequences of the first kind, and of the second kind, respectively; and (wi)(w_i) is the Horadam sequence. Pantelimon St\uanic\ua set out to evaluate the sum j=0kwjnzj\sum_{j = 0}^k {w_j^n z^j }. His solution is not complete because he made the assumption that w0=0w_0=0, thereby giving effectively only the partial sum for (ui)(u_i), the Lucas sequence of the first kind.

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@article{arxiv.1904.09916,
  title  = {Partial sums and generating functions for powers of second order sequences with indices in arithmetic progression},
  author = {Kunle Adegoke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.09916},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, no figures, no tables

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