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In this paper we consider particular generalized compositions of a natural number with a given number of parts. Its number is a weighted polynomial coefficient. The number of all generalized compositions of a natural number is a weighted…
Let E be a non-CM elliptic curve defined over Q. For each prime p of good reduction, E reduces to a curve E_p over the finite field F_p. For a given squarefree polynomial f(x,y), we examine the sequences f_p(E) := f(a_p(E), p), whose values…
A systematic study of the trigonometric equation A tan a + B sin b = C, where A, B and C^2 are rational numbers. The special case tan Pi/11 + 4 sin 3 Pi/11 = sqrt[11] appears in the classical literature.
As an inverse relation, involution with an invariant sequence plays a key role in combinatorics and features prominently in some of Shapiro's open questions [L.W. Shapiro, Some open questions about random walks, involutions, limiting…
The set of periodic distributions, with usual addition and convolution, forms a ring, which is isomorphic, via taking a Fourier series expansion, to the ring ${\mathcal{S}}'({\mathbb{Z}}^d)$ of sequences of at most polynomial growth with…
We present a natural, combinatorial problem whose solution is given by the meta-Fibonacci recurrence relation $a(n) = \sum_{i=1}^p a(n-i+1 - a(n-i))$, where $p$ is prime. This combinatorial problem is less general than those given in [3]…
We study the linear fractional transformations in the Hecke group $G(\Phi)$ where $\Phi$ is either root of $x^2 - x -1$ (the larger root being the "golden ratio" $\phi = 2 \cos \frac {\pi}5$.) Let $g \in G(\Phi)$ and let $z$ be a generic…
Fractals and quasiperiodic structures share self-similarity as a structural property. Motivated by the link between Fibonacci fractals and quasicrystals which are scaled by the golden mean ratio $\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}$, we introduce and…
In 1987, R. B. Paris uses the analytic function \[\label{main} g(w)=\lim_{n\to\infty}(2\varphi)^n\biggl(\underbrace{\sqrt{1+\sqrt{1+...\sqrt{1+w}}}}_n-\varphi\biggr),\ \ \ \varphi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}2, \] to estimate the convergence of nested…
Prime numbers play a key role in number theory and have applications beyond Mathematics. In particular, in the Theory of Codes and also in Cryptography, the properties of prime numbers are relevant, because, from them, it is possible to…
The number of linear independent algebraic relations among elementary symmetric polynomial functions over finite fields is computed. An algorithm able to find all such relations is described. It is proved that the basis of the ideal of…
Seeds of sunflowers are often modelled by the map $n\longmapsto \varphi_\theta(n)=\sqrt{n}e^{2i\pi n\theta}$ leading to a roughly uniform repartition with two consecutive seeds separated by the divergence angle $2\pi\theta$ for $\theta$ the…
Mignosi, Restivo, and Salemi (1998) proved that for all $\epsilon > 0$ there exists an integer $N$ such that all prefixes of the Fibonacci word of length $\geq N$ contain a suffix of exponent $\alpha^2-\epsilon$, where $\alpha =…
We discuss arithmetic questions related to the "poor man's ad\`ele ring" $\mathcal A$ whose elements are encoded by sequences $(t_p)_p$ indexed by prime numbers, with each $t_p$ viewed as a residue in $\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z$. Our main…
In Galperin billiards, two balls colliding with a hard wall form an analog calculator for the digits of the number $\pi$. This classical, one-dimensional three-body system (counting the hard wall) calculates the digits of $\pi$ in a base…
Applying the theory of Yang-Lee zeros to nonequilibrium critical phenomena, we investigate the properties of a directed bond percolation process for a complex percolation parameter p. It is shown that for the Golden Ratio…
The famous series of Fibonacci numbers is defined by a recursive equation saying that each number is the sum of its two predecessors, with the initial condition that the first two numbers are equal to unity. Here, we show that the numbers…
This note shows that the product $e \pi$ of the natural base $e$ and the circle number $\pi$ is an irrational number.
By expressing Fibonacci and Lucas numbers in terms of the powers of the golden ratio, $\alpha=(1+\sqrt 5)/2$ and its inverse, $\beta=-1/\alpha=(1-\sqrt 5)/2$, a multitude of Fibonacci and Lucas identities have been developed in the…
We treat three recurrences involving square roots, the first of which arises from an infinite simple radical expansion for the Golden mean, whose precise convergence rate was made famous by Richard Bruce Paris in 1987. A never-before-seen…