The Euler Totient Function on Lucas Sequences
Number Theory
2022-05-02 v4
Abstract
In 2009, Luca and Nicolae proved that the only Fibonacci numbers whose Euler totient function is another Fibonacci number are , and . In 2015, Faye and Luca proved that the only Pell numbers whose Euler totient function is another Pell number are and . Here we add to these two results and prove that for any fixed natural number , if we define the sequence as , , and for all , then the only solution to the Diophantine equation is .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.04247,
title = {The Euler Totient Function on Lucas Sequences},
author = {J. C. Saunders},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04247},
year = {2022}
}