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We study the combinatorial properties of final types, which are certain non-decreasing sequences of integers, together with the partitions naturally associated with them. As a consequence, we obtain an identity expressing the $n$-nacci…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Dušan Dragutinović

In this paper, we suggest a lower and an upper bound for the Generalized Fibonacci-p-Sequence, for different values of p. The Fibonacci-p-Sequence is a generalization of the Classical Fibonacci Sequence. We first show that the ratio of two…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-25 Sandipan Dey , Hameed Al-Qaheri , Suneeta Sane , Sugata Sanyal

Zeckendorf's Theorem states that any positive integer can be uniquely decomposed into a sum of distinct, non-adjacent Fibonacci numbers. There are many generalizations, including results on existence of decompositions using only even…

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

A beautiful theorem of Zeckendorf states that every integer can be written uniquely as a sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers $\{F_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$; Lekkerkerker proved that the average number of summands for integers in $[F_n,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-07-15 Steven J. Miller , Yinghui Wang

The Fibonacci sequence has been generalized in many ways. One of them is defined by the relation $t_n=at_{n-1}+t_{n-2}$ if $n$ is even, $t_n=bt_{n-1}+t_{n-2}$ if $n$ is odd, with initial values $t_0=0$ and $t_1=1$, where $a$ and $b$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-01-26 José L. Ramírez , Víctor Sirvent

Some applications of a result, which is proved recently, is considered. We first prove three determinantal identities concerning the binomial coefficient and Stirling numbers of the first and the second kind. We also easily obtain the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-12 Milan Janjic

We study the equation $F_n + F_m = y^p$, where $F_n$ and $F_m$ are respectively the $n$-th and $m$-th Fibonacci numbers and $p \ge 2$. We find all solutions under the assumption $n \equiv m \pmod{2}$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-03 Florian Luca , Vandita Patel

In this paper, we find all integers $c$ having at least two representations as a difference between linear recurrent sequences. This problem is a pillai problem involving Padovan and Fibonacci sequence. The proof of our main theorem uses…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-28 Pagdame Tiebekabe , Serge Adonsou

An integer sequence $(a_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ is \emph{MC-finite} if for all $m$, the sequence $a_n \bmod m$ is eventually periodic. There are MC-finite sequences $(a_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ such that the function $F: (m,n) \mapsto a_n…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Yuval Filmus , Eldar Fischer , Johann A. Makowsky

We introduce the notion of confined subalgebras in the context of the group von Neumann algebra. We also define Uniformly Recurrent States -- an operator-algebraic analog of Uniformly Recurrent Subgroups. Using this framework, we show that…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Tattwamasi Amrutam , Yongle Jiang

We define a triangular array closely related to Stern's diatomic array and show that for a fixed integer $r\geq 1$, the sum $u_r(n)$ of the $r$th powers of the entries in row $n$ satisfy a linear recurrence with constant coefficients. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-16 Richard P. Stanley

The following magic trick is at the center of this paper. While the audience writes the first ten terms of a Fibonacci-like sequence (the sequence following the same recursion as the Fibonacci sequence), the magician calculates the sum of…

Let $(G_n(x))_{n=0}^\infty$ be a $d$-th order linear recurrence sequence having polynomial characteristic roots, one of which has degree strictly greater than the others. Moreover, let $m\geq 2$ be a given integer. We ask for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Clemens Fuchs , Christina Karolus

Horadam introduced a new generalized sequence of numbers, describing its key features and the special sub-sequences that are obtained depending on the choices of initial parameters. This sequence and its sub-sequences are known as the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Ahmet Dasdemir

Let $k\ge 2$ and $\{F_n^{(k)}\}_{n\geq 2-k}$ be the sequence of $k$--generalized Fibonacci numbers whose first $k$ terms are $0,\ldots,0,0,1$ and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms. In this paper, we determine all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Herbert Batte , Florian Luca

Let $\left\lbrace F_{k}\right\rbrace_{k\geq0}$ be the Fibonacci sequence defined by $F_{k}=F_{F-1}+F_{k-2}$ for all $ n\geq2$ with initials $F_{0}=0\; F_{1}=1$. Let $\left\lbrace J_{n}\right\rbrace_{n\geq0}$ be the Jacobsthal sequence…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Seif Tarek , Ahmed Gaber , M. Anwar

Let $P(m)$ denote the largest prime factor of an integer $m\geq 2$, and put $P(0)=P(1)=1$. For an integer $k\geq 2$, let $(F_{n}^{(k)})_{n\geq 2-k}$ be the $k-$generalized Fibonacci sequence which starts with $0,...,0,1$ ($k$ terms) and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-10-16 Jhon J. Bravo , Florian Luca

Given a linear recurrence of the form $c_n=a_1c_{n-1}+\cdots+a_j c_{n-j}$, it is well-known that $c_n=\sum_{r}p_r(n)r^n$, where the sum is taken over the set of characteristic roots and each $p_r(n)$ is some polynomial. We give a closed…

A sequence of nonzero integers $f = (f_1, f_2, \dots)$ is ``binomid'' if every $f$-binomid coefficient $\left[\! \begin{array}{c} n \\ k \end{array}\! \right]_f$ is an integer. Those terms are the generalized binomial coefficients: \[…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Daniel B. Shapiro