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Let $F_n(k)$ be the generalized Fibonacci number defined by (with $F_i(k)$ abbreviated to $F_i$): $F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2} + \dots + F_{n-k}$, for $n \geq k$, and the initial values $(F_0,F_1,...,F_{k-1})$. Let $B_n(k,j)$ be $F_n(k)$ with…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Martin Bunder , Joseph Tonien

We continue work started in [1] concerning integer sequences q(n), n in N, defined by q(n) = q(n-q(n-1)) + f(n), with q(1) = 1. Here, f(n), with f(1) = 0, is a given sequence. We define F as the set of semi-infinite sequence f such that the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Jonathan H. B. Deane , Guido Gentile

We introduce a new family of meta-Fibonacci sequences $(f(n))_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$, governed by the recurrence relation $$f(n)=af(n-u_{n}-1)+bf(n-u_{n}-2),$$ where $\mathbf{u}=(u_{n})_{n\in \mathbb{N}}$ is a sequence with values $0,1$. Our…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Piotr Miska , Bartosz Sobolewski , Maciej Ulas

We study compositions whose parts are colored by subsequences of the Fibonacci numbers. We give explicit bijections between Fibonacci colored compositions and several combinatorial objects, including certain restricted ternary and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Juan B. Gil , Jessica A. Tomasko

We study growth rates of generalised Fibonacci sequences of a particular structure. These sequences are constructed from choosing two real numbers for the first two terms and always having the next term be either the sum or the difference…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-22 Kevin Hare , J. C. Saunders

Generalized Fibonacci-like sequences appear in finite difference approximations of the Partial Differential Equations based upon replacing partial differential equations by finite difference equations. This paper studies properties of the…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-05-03 Alexander V. Evako

The list of properties of Fibonacci numbers F(n) (with multifaceted relevance in physics) is complemented by an empirical observation that in combination with the "next" family of the "delayed Fibonacci" numbers G(n) called, for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-07 Miloslav Znojil

Let (F_n^{(k)})_{n\geq -(k-2)} be the k-generalized Fibonacci sequence, defined as the linear recurrence sequence whose first k terms are \(0, 0, \ldots, 0, 1\), and whose subsequent terms are determined by the sum of the preceding k terms.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-08 Roberto Alvarenga , Ana Paula Chaves , Maria Eduarda Ramos , Matheus Silva , Marcos Sosa

Combinatorial interpretation of the fibonomial coefficients recently proposed by the present author results here in combinatorial interpretation of the recurrence relation for fibonomial coefficients . The presentation is provided with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-11 A. K. Kwasniewski

We define a family of meta-Fibonacci sequences where the order of the of recursion at stage n is a variable r(n), and the n^{th} term of a sequence is the sum of the previous r(n) terms. For the terms of any such sequence, we give upper and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Nathaniel D. Emerson

Suppose given functors A x A' -F-> B -G-> C between abelian categories, an object X in A and an object X' in A' such that certain conditions hold. We show that, E_1-terms exempt, the Grothendieck spectral sequence of the composition of…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2009-06-08 Matthias Kuenzer

We give a combinatorial interpretation in terms of bicolored ordered trees for the sequence (a_n)_{n>=1}=(1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 20, 36, 73,... ), A345973 in OEIS, whose generating function satisfies the defining identity Sum_{n>=1}a_n x^n =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-12 David Callan

We give explicit positive combinatorial interpretations for the plethysm coefficients $\langle s_\mu[s_\nu], s_\lambda\rangle$, when $\lambda$ has at most two rows, as counting certain marked trees. In the special case $\mu=(n)$, this also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Igor Pak , Greta Panova , Joshua P. Swanson

The sequence of partial sums of Fibonacci numbers, beginning with $2$, $4$, $7$, $12$, $20$, $33,\dots$, has several combinatorial interpretations (OEIS A000071). For instance, the $n$-th term in this sequence is the number of length-$n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Erik Bates , Blan Morrison , Mason Rogers , Arianna Serafini , Anav Sood

For any integer s >= 0, we derive a combinatorial interpretation for the family of sequences generated by the recursion (parameterized by s) h_s(n) = h_s(n - s - h_s(n - 1)) + h_s(n - 2 - s - h_s(n - 3)), n > s + 3, with the initial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-05-29 B. Balamohan , Zhiqiang Li , Stephen Tanny

We look at a family of meta-Fibonacci sequences which arise in studying the number of leaves at the largest level in certain infinite sequences of binary trees, restricted compositions of an integer, and binary compact codes. For this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Brad Jackson , Frank Ruskey

I study the recurrence D(n)= D(D(n-1))+D(n-1-D(n-2)), D(1)=D(2)=1. Its definition has some similarity to that of Conway's sequence defined through a(n)= a(a(n-1))+a(n-a(n-1)), a(1)=a(2)=1. However, in contradistinction to the completely…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Pinn

We have constructed a Heisenberg-type algebra generated by the Hamiltonian, the step operators and an auxiliar operator. This algebra describes quantum systems having eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian depending on the eigenvalues of the two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. de Souza , E. M. F. Curado , M. A. Rego-Monteiro

In this paper, we explore some interesting applications of the matrix tree theorem. In particular, we present a combinatorial interpretation of a distribution of $(n-1)^{n-1}$, in the context of uprooted spanning trees of the complete graph…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Nayana Shibu Deepthi , Chanchal Kumar

The generalized Fibonacci recurrence $g_n=g_{n-k}+g_{n-m}$ was recently used to demonstrate the theoretically optimal nature of limited senescence in morphologically symmetrically dividing bacteria. Here, we study this recurrence from a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Natasha Blitvić , Vicente I. Fernandez