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Let $(F_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be the Fibonacci sequence given by the recurrence $F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_n$, for $n\geq 0$, where $F_0=0$ and $F_1=1$. There are several generalizations of this sequence and also several interesting identities. In this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Carlos Alirio Rico Acevedo , Ana Paula Chaves

A nondecreasing sequence of positive integers is $(\alpha,\beta)$-Conolly, or Conolly-like for short, if for every positive integer $m$ the number of times that $m$ occurs in the sequence is $\alpha + \beta r_m$, where $r_m$ is $1$ plus the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-10 Alejandro Erickson , Abraham Isgur , Bradley W. Jackson , Frank Ruskey , Stephen M. Tanny

We examine relationships between two minors of order n of some matrices of n rows and n+r columns. This is done through a class of determinants, here called $n$-determinants, the investigation of which is our objective. We prove that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-12-13 Milan Janjic

We consider a self-convolutive recurrence whose solution is the sequence of coefficients in the asymptotic expansion of the logarithmic derivative of the confluent hypergeometic function $U(a,b,z)$. By application of the Hilbert transform…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-27 Richard J. Martin , M. J. Kearney

The Fibonacci numbers satisfy the famous recurrence $F_n = F_{n - 1} + F_{n - 2}$. The theory of C-finite sequences ensures that the Fibonacci numbers whose indices are divisible by $m$, namely $F_{mn}$, satisfy a similar recurrence for…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-01 Robert Dougherty-Bliss

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

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

The vector Riemann-Hilbert problem is analyzed when the entries of its matrix coefficient are meromorphic and almost periodic functions. Three cases for the meromorphic functions, when they have (i) a finite number of poles and zeros…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Yuri A. Antipov

In 1991, Solomon Golomb discovered a quasilinear solution to Hofstadter's Q-recurrence. In this paper, we construct eventual quasipolynomial solutions of all positive degrees to Hofstadter's recurrence.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-11-23 Nathan Fox

We characterize the entries of Hofstadter's G-sequence in terms of the lower and upper Wythoff sequences. This can be used to give a short and comprehensive proof of the equality of Hofstadter's G-sequence and the sequence of averages of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-11-02 Michel Dekking

Solutions to the random Fibonacci recurrence x_{n+1}=x_{n} + or - Bx_{n-1} decrease (increase) exponentially, x_{n} = exp(lambda n), for sufficiently small (large) B. In the limits B --> 0 and B --> infinity, we expand the Lyapunov exponent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Clément Sire , Paul L. Krapivsky

Let $t_n = (-1)^{s_2(n)}$, where $s_2(n)$ is the sum of binary digits function. The sequence $(t_n)_{n\in \mathbb N}$ is the well-known Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence. In this note we initiate the study of the sequence $(h_n)_{n\in \mathbb…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Eryk Lipka , Maciej Ulas

We study log-concavity properties of real sequences $(a_n)_{n \ge 0}$ satisfying a $d$-th order linear recurrence whose coefficients are linear functions of $n$; the so-called P-recursive (or holonomic) sequences. Writing the recurrence in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Piero Giacomelli

In this paper the approach to obtaining nonrecurrent formulas for some recursively defined sequences is illustrated. The most interesting result in the paper is the formula for the solution of quadratic map-like recurrence. Also, some…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Sergei Kazenas

We show that the statistics of a chaotic system can be predicted by constructing an associated sequence of periodic differential operators and computing their densities of states. For such operators, the density of states is well understood…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-24 Bryn Davies

We compute the divisor of the modular equation on the modular curve $\Gamma_0(N) \backslash \mathbb H^*$ and then find recurrence relations satisfied by the modular traces of the Hauptmodul for any congruence subgroup $\Gamma_0(N)$ of genus…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-07 Bumkyu Cho

The study of the pentagon (fusion) equation leds to the Structure and the Classification theorem for finite dimenasional Hopf algebras: there exists a one to one correspondence between the set of types of n-dimensional Hopf algebtras and…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2014-03-18 G. Militaru

Nested (or meta-Fibonacci) recurrences, such as the recurrence used to define Hofstadter's Q-sequence, along with the digit-based recurrences that underlie automatic sequences are of interest from both number-theoretic and combinatorial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-29 John M. Campbell , Benoit Cloitre

Recurrence properties of systems and associated sets of integers that suffice for recurrence are classical objects in topological dynamics. We describe relations between recurrence in different sorts of systems, study ways to formulate…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-08-13 Bernard Host , Bryna Kra , Alejandro Maass

Roughly speaking, a recurrence relation is nested if it contains a subexpression of the form ... A(...A(...)...). Many nested recurrence relations occur in the literature, and determining their behavior seems to be quite difficult and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-03-06 Marcel Celaya , Frank Ruskey