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We present a method for obtaining congruences modulo powers of 3 for sequences given by recurrences of finite depth with polynomial coefficients. We apply this method to Catalan numbers, Motzkin numbers, Riordan numbers, Schr\"oder numbers,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-14 Christian Krattenthaler , Thomas W. Müller

This article consists of three chapters.In Chapter 1, it is determined by the consecutive odd numbers, and study to the intrinsic properties of a class of matrix sequence. Through the establishment of matrix online number concept,…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2013-06-13 Baoshan Zhang

We investigate finite 3-nets embedded in a projective plane over a (finite or infinite) field of any characteristic p. Such an embedding is regular when each of the three classes of the 3-net comprises concurrent lines, and irregular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-11-23 Aart Blokhuis , Gábor Korchmáros , Francesco Mazzocca

Fermat's statement is equivalent to say that if $x$, $y$, $z$, $n$ are integers and $n>2$, then $z^{n}\gtrless x^{n}+y^{n}$. This is proved with the aid of numbers $\lambda $'s, of the form $\lambda =z/\rho $, with $1<\rho<z$, named…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2015-07-28 José Cayolla

Hirschhorn and Sellers studied arithmetic properties of the number of partitions with odd parts distinct. In another direction, Hammond and Lewis investigated arithmetic properties of the number of bipartitions. In this paper, we consider…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-06 William Y. C. Chen , Bernard L. S. Lin

The famous 3x + 1 problem of L. Collatz needs no introduction; however, this paper concerns a lesser-known, but similarly unresolved, precursor problem : the Original Collatz Conjecture, or OCC. We demonstrate that the core arithmetic…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Peter Hines

Let $\mathrm{pod}(n)$ denote the number of partitions of $n$ with odd parts distinct, and ${{r}_{k}}(n)$ be the number of representations of $n$ as sum of $k$ squares. We find the following two arithmetic relations: for any integer $n\ge…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-03 Liuquan Wang

One of the most popular and studied recursive series is the Fibonacci sequence. It is challenging to see how Fibonacci numbers can be used to generate other recursive sequences. In our article, we describe some families of integer…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Kálmán Liptai , László Németh , Tamás Szakács , László Szalay

A "truncation" of Pascal's triangle is a triangular array of numbers that satisfies the usual Pascal recurrence but with a boundary condition that declares some terminal set of numbers along each row of the array to be zero. Presented here…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Robert G. Donnelly , Molly W. Dunkum , Courtney George , Stefan Schnake

We count the number of occurrences of restricted patterns of length 3 in permutations with respect to length and the number of cycles. The main tool is a bijection between permutations in standard cycle form and weighted Motzkin paths.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Robert Parviainen

In this paper, we characterize and enumerate pattern-avoiding permutations composed of only 3-cycles. In particular, we answer the question for the six patterns of length 3. We find that the number of permutations composed of $n$ 3-cycles…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Kassie Archer , Christina Graves

We prove several results concerning the intersection cohomology and the perverse filtration associated with a Lagrangian fibration of an irreducible symplectic variety. We first show that the perverse numbers only depend on the deformation…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-06 Camilla Felisetti , Junliang Shen , Qizheng Yin

Throughout history, recreational mathematics has always played a prominent role in advancing research. Following in this tradition, in this paper we extend some recent work with crazy sequential representations of numbers- equations made of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Tim Wylie

At the first, we revise the Kosinski definition of the sum of ordered fuzzy numbers. The associativity of revised sum is investigated here. In addition, we show that the multiple revised sum of finite sequence of trapezoidal ordered fuzzy…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-10-11 Anna Łyczkowska-Hanćkowiak , Krzysztof Piasecki

We explore the cycles and convergence of Generalized Collatz Sequence, where $3n+1$ in original collatz function is replaced with $3n+k$. We present a generating function for cycles of GCS and show a particular inheritance structure of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Anant Gupta

Labeled infinite trees provide combinatorial interpretations for many integer sequences generated by nested recurrence relations. Typically, such sequences are monotone increasing. Several of these sequences also have straightforward…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Nathan Fox

We define generalized Collatz mappings on free abelian groups of finite rank and study their iteration trajectories. Using geometric arguments we describe cones of points having a divergent trajectory and we deduce lower bounds for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-25 Steffen Kionke

This note studies parity vectors and paradoxical sequences in the accelerated Collatz iteration $T(n) = (3n+1)/2$ for $n$ odd, $T(n) = n/2$ for $n$ even. Building on Rozier and Terracol (arXiv:2502.00948, 2025), Terras (1976), Lagarias…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Tong Niu

The Fibonacci numbers are familiar to all of us. They appear unexpectedly often in mathematics, so much there is an entire journal and a sequence of conferences dedicated to their study. However, there is also another sequence of numbers…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2022-11-02 Trond Steihaug

We consider the problem of counting the occurrences of patterns of the form $xy-z$ within flattened permutations of a given length. Using symmetric functions, we find recurrence relations satisfied by the distributions on $\mathcal{S}_n$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-06-17 Toufik Mansour , Mark Shattuck , David G. L. Wang