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An interesting open conjecture asks whether it is possible to walk to infinity along primes, where each term in the sequence has one digit more than the previous. We present different greedy models for prime walks to predict the long-time…

Building on the work of Miller et al. [Fibonacci Quarterly, 2022], we show that it is impossible to "walk to infinity" along the Fibonacci sequence in any integer base $b\geq 2$ when at most $N$ digits are appended per step. Our proof…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Scott Duke Kominers

In this paper, we define a variant of Fibonacci-like sequences that we call prime Fibonacci sequences, where one takes the sum of the previous two terms and returns the smallest odd prime divisor of that sum as the next term. We prove that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-20 Jeremy Alm , Taylor Herald

An interesting question, known as the Gaussian moat problem, asks whether it is possible to walk to infinity on Gaussian primes with steps of bounded length. Our work examines a similar situation in the real quadratic integer ring…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-31 Bencheng Li , Steven J. Miller , Tudor Popescu , Daniel Sarnecki , Nawapan Wattanawanichkul

For a positive integer $n$, we study the number of steps to reach $n$ by a {\it Fibonacci walk} for some starting pair $a_1$ and $a_2$ satisfying the recurrence of $a_{k+2}=a_{k+1}+a_k$. The problem of slow Fibonacci walks, first suggested…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-21 Fan Chung , Ron Graham , Sam Spiro

We study a discrete random walk on a one-dimensional finite lattice, where each state has different probabilities to move one step forward, backward, staying for a moment or being absorbed. We obtain expected number of arrivals and expected…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Theo van Uem

We speculate on the distribution of primes in exponentially growing, linear recurrence sequences $(u_n)_{n\geq 0}$ in the integers. By tweaking a heuristic which is successfully used to predict the number of prime values of polynomials, we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Jon Grantham , Andrew Granville

This elementary treatment first summarizes extreme values of a Bernoulli random walk on the one-dimensional integer lattice over a finite discrete time interval. Both the symmetric (unbiased) and asymmetric (biased) cases are discussed.…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Steven R. Finch

In recent years, computer simulations are playing a fundamental role in unveiling some of the most intriguing features of prime numbers. In this work, we define an algorithm for a deterministic walk through a two-dimensional grid that we…

We show that essentially the Fibonacci sequence is the unique binary recurrence which contains infinitely many three-term arithmetic progressions. A criterion for general linear recurrences having infinitely many three-term arithmetic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-05-21 Akos Pinter , Volker Ziegler

Consider the extreme value of a Bernoulli random walk on the one-dimensional integer lattice, with reflection at 0, over a finite discrete time interval. Only the asymmetric (biased) case is discussed. Asymptotic mean/variance results are…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-08-27 Steven R. Finch

In this thesis we examined mathematical properties of Fibonacci numbers and applications of this numbers in the nature,geometry and economy.We obtained Golden section and proved some mathematical identities using Golden section. Infinity of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2013-01-29 Erdoğan Şen

We study Fibonacci compositions, which are compositions of natural numbers that only use Fibonacci numbers, in two different contexts. We first prove inequalities comparing the number of Fibonacci compositions to regular compositions where…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Joshua M. Siktar

A natural extension of a right-continuous integer-valued random walk is one which can jump to the right by one or two units. First passage times above a given fixed level then admit a tractable Laplace transform (probability generating…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-08-13 Matija Vidmar

The number of walks from one vertex to another in a finite graph can be counted by the adjacency matrix. In this paper, we prove two theorems that connect the graph Laplacian with two types of walks in a graph. By defining two types of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-13 Chengzheng Yu

In this paper, we propose a class of growth models, named Fibonacci trees $F(t)$, with respect to the intrinsic advantage of Fibonacci sequence $\{F_{t}\}$. First, we turn out model $F(t)$ to have power-law degree distribution with exponent…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-11-12 Fei Ma , Ping Wang , Bing Yao

This paper describes a class of sequences that are in many ways similar to Fibonacci sequences: given n, sum the previous two terms and divide them by the largest possible power of n. The behavior of such sequences depends on n. We analyze…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-03-20 Brandon Avila , Tanya Khovanova

The Fibonacci sequence is a series of positive integers in which, starting from $0$ and $1$, every number is the sum of two previous numbers, and the limiting ratio of any two consecutive numbers of this sequence is called the golden ratio.…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Asutosh Kumar

We give multiple proofs of two formulas concerning the enumeration of permutations avoiding a monotone consecutive pattern with a certain value for the inverse peak number or inverse left peak number statistic. The enumeration in both cases…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-12 Justin M. Troyka , Yan Zhuang

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
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