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Repdigits are natural numbers formed by the repetition of a single digit. In this paper, we explore the presence of repdigits in the product of consecutive balancing or Lucas-balancing numbers.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Sai Gopal Rayaguru , Gopal Krishna Panda

Let $k\geq 2$ and let $(P_{n}^{(k)})_{n\geq 2-k}$ be $k$-generalized Pell sequence defined by \begin{equation*}P_{n}^{(k)}=2P_{n-1}^{(k)}+P_{n-2}^{(k)}+...+P_{n-k}^{(k)}\end{equation*} for $n\geq 2$ with initial conditions…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Zafer Şiar , Refik Keskin

For integers $k \geq 2$, the $k$-generalized Lucas sequence $\{L_n^{(k)}\}_{n \geq 2-k}$ is defined by the recurrence relation \[ L_n^{(k)} = L_{n-1}^{(k)} + \cdots + L_{n-k}^{(k)} \quad \text{for } n \geq 2, \] with initial terms given by…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Herbert Batte , Prosper Kaggwa

Let $k \ge 2$ and consider the sequence $\{P_n^{(k)}\}_{n \ge 2-k}$ of $k$-generalized Pell numbers, which begins with the first $k$ terms as $0, \ldots, 0, 0, 1$, and satisfies the recurrence relation $P_n^{(k)} = 2P_{n-1}^{(k)} +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Herbert Batte , Darius Guma

A \emph{repdigit} is a natural number greater than 10 which has all of its base-10 digits the same. In this paper we find all examples of two repdigits adding to a square. The proofs lead to interesting questions about consecutive quadratic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Bart Goddard , Jeremy Rouse

Narayana's cows sequence satisfies the third-order linear recurrence relation $N_n=N_{n-1}+N_{n-3}$ for $n \geq 3$ with initial conditions $N_0=0$ and $N_1=N_2=1$. In this paper, we study $b$-repdigits which are sums of two Narayana…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-14 Jhon J. Bravo , Pranabesh Das , Sergio Guzmán

We investigate cases where Thabit and Williams numbers in base $b$ can be expressed as the sum or difference of two $g$-repdigits. For specific values of $b$ and $g$, we describe parametric solutions yielding infinitely many solutions for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Kouèssi Norbert Adédji , Marija Bliznac Trebješanin , Jelena Pleština

For an integer \( k \geq 2 \), the sequence of \( k \)-generalized Lucas numbers is defined by the recurrence relation \( L_n^{(k)} = L_{n-1}^{(k)} + \cdots + L_{n-k}^{(k)} \) for all \( n \geq 2 \), with initial conditions \( L_0^{(k)} = 2…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Alex Behakanira Tumwesigye , Mahadi Ddamulira , Prosper Kaggwa

Three-term recurrences have infused stupendous amount of research in a broad spectrum of the sciences, such as orthogonal polynomials (in special functions) and lattice paths (in enumerative combinatorics). Among these are the Lucas…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-09-16 Tewodros Amdeberhan , Mahir Bilen Can , Melanie Jensen

We study the three term recurrence modulo m. In particular, we prove that Pell numbers modulo m is residue complete if and only m is 2, a power of 3, or a power of 5. Pell-Lucas numbers modulo m is residue complete if and only if m is a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Cheng Lien Lang , Mong Lung Lang

Let $ \{P_n\}_{n\geq 0} $ be the sequence of Perrin numbers defined by $P_0=3$, $P_1=0$,$P_2=2$ and $P_{n+3}=P_{n+1}+P_{n}$ for all $n \geq 0$. In this paper, we determine all Perrin numbers that are palindromic concatenations of two…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Herbert Batte , Prosper Kaggwa

Two sums over the inverse of the product of an integer n and its greatest prime factor G(n), are computed to first 13 decimal digits. These sums converge, but converge very slowly. They are transformed into sums involving Mertens' prime…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Tengiz O. Gogoberidze

Let $(L_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be the Lucas sequence given by $L_0 = 2, L_1 = 1$ and $L_{n+2} = L_{n+1}+L_n$ for $n \geq 0$. In this paper, we are interested in finding all powers of three which are sums of two Lucas numbers, i.e., we study the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Pagdame Tiebekabe , Ismaila Diouf

Let $\beta$ be a non-unit real algebraic integer greater than one and $\{a_{n}\}_{n \geq 0}$ be a sequence satisfying a linear recurrence relation $a_{n+3}=aa_{n+2}+ba_{n+1}+ca_{n}$. Under certain conditions, we prove that the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Ruofan Li

For an arbitrary homogeneous linear recurrence sequence of order d with constant coefficients, we derive recurrence relations for all subsequences with indices in arithmetic progression. The coefficients of these recurrences are given…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Daniel Birmajer , Juan B. Gil , Michael D. Weiner

In this paper, we define Tribonacci-Lucas polynomials and present Tribonacci-Lucas numbers and polynomials as a binomial sum. Then, we introduce incomplete Tribonacci-Lucas numbers and polynomials. In addition we derive recurrence…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-01 N. Yilmaz , N. Taskara

Let $\{u_{n}\}_{n \geq 0}$ be a non-degenerate binary recurrence sequence with positive, square-free discriminant and $p$ be a fixed prime number. In this paper, we have shown the finiteness result for the solutions of the Diophantine…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-04 Eshita Mazumdar , S. S. Rout

For an integer $k\geq 2$, let $(L_{n}^{(k)})_{n}$ be the $k-$generalized Lucas sequence which starts with $0,\ldots,0,2,1$ ($k$ terms) and each term afterwards is the sum of the $k$ preceding terms. In this paper, we find all the integers…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-18 Eric F. Bravo , Jhon J. Bravo , Florian Luca

In this paper, the integral representations of the $k$-Pell and $k$-Pell-Lucas numbers are presented. Using Binet's formulas for these numbers, we obtain a number of identities and use elementary integral calculus to confirm their integral…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Achariya Nilsrakoo , Weerayuth Nilsrakoo

In this work, we defined neo balcobalancing numbers, neo Lucas-balcobalancing numbers, neo balcobalancers and neo Lucas-balcobalancers and derived the general terms of these numbers in terms of balancing numbers. Conversely we deduced the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Ahmet Tekcan