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Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-19 Herbert Batte , Taboka P. Chalebgwa , Mahadi Ddamulira

The Tribonacci-Lucas sequence $\{S_n\}_{n\ge 0}$ is defined by the linear recurrence relation $S_{n+3} = S_{n+2} + S_{n+1} + S_n$, for $ n\ge 0 $, with the initial conditions $S_0 =S_2= 3$ and $S_1 = 1$. A palindromic number is a number…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Mahadi Ddamulira

In this paper, bicomplex Pell and bicomplex Pell-Lucas numbers are defined. Also, negabicomplex Pell and negabicomplex Pell-Lucas numbers are given. Some algebraic properties of bicomplex Pell and bicomplex Pell-Lucas numbers which are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-12-29 Fugen Torunbalci Aydin

Let $ k \geq 2 $ and $ ( L_{n}^{(k)} )_{n \geq 2-k} $ be the $k-$generalized Lucas sequence with initial condition $ L_{2-k}^{(k)} = \cdots = L_{-1}^{(k)}=0 ,$ $ L_{0}^{(k,}=2,$ $ L_{1}^{(k)}=1$ and each term afterwards is the sum of the $…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Alaa Altassan , Murat Alan

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

A generalization of the well-known Fibonacci sequence is the $k$-Fibonacci sequence with some fixed integer $k\ge 2$. The first $k$ terms of this sequence are $0,0, \ldots, 1$, and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Jhon J. Bravo , Pranabesh Das , Jose L. Herrera , John C. Saunders

In this paper, we find all Fibonacci numbers which are products of two Pell numbers and all Pell numbers which are products of two Fibonacci numbers.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-26 Mahadi Ddamulira , Florian Luca , Mihaja Rakotomalala

Let $b\ge 2$ be a given integer. In this paper, we show that there only finitely many positive integers $d$ which are not squares, such that the Pell equation $X^2-dY^2=1$ has two positive integer solutions $(X,Y)$ with the property that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Bernadette Faye , Florian Luca

In this paper, we find all the solutions of the Diophantine equation $P_\ell + P_m +P_n=2^a$, in nonnegative integer variables $(n,m,\ell, a)$ where $P_k$ is the $k$-th term of the Pell sequence $\{P_n\}_{n\ge 0}$ given by $P_0=0$, $P_1=1$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-23 Jhon J. Bravo , Bernadette Faye , Florian Luca

We describe how to compute the intersection of two Lucas sequences of the forms $\{U_n(P,\pm 1) \}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ or $\{V_n(P,\pm 1) \}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ with $P\in\mathbb{Z}$ that includes sequences of Fibonacci, Pell, Lucas, and Lucas-Pell…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-06-14 Max A. Alekseyev

Let P=\circ(P_{1},P_{2},...,P_{n}) and Q=\circ(Q_{1},Q_{2},...,Q_{n}) be n\timesn circulant matrices where P_{n} and Q_{n} are nth Pell and Pell-Lucas numbers, respectively. The determinants of the matrices P and Q were expressed by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-01-31 Durmuş Bozkurt , Fatih Yılmaz

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

We consider the greatest common divisor (GCD) of all sums of $k$ consecutive terms of a sequence $(S_n)_{n\geq 0}$ where the terms $S_n$ come from exactly one of following six well-known sequences' terms: Pell $P_n$, associated Pell $Q_n$,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-29 aBa Mbirika , Janee Schrader , Jürgen Spilker

For a nonnegative integer $p$, the $p$-numerical semigroup $S_p$ is defined as the set of integers whose nonnegative integral linear combinations of given positive integers $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_\kappa$ with $\gcd(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_\kappa)=1$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Takao Komatsu , Jiaxin Mu

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

Let $(L_n^{(k)})_{n\geq 2-k}$ be the sequence of $k$--generalized Lucas numbers for some fixed integer $k\ge 2$ whose first $k$ terms are $0,\ldots,0,2,1$ and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms. For an integer $m$,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Herbert Batte , Florian Luca

We study new identities related to the sums of adjacent terms in the Pell sequence, defined by $P_{n} := 2P_{n-1}+P_{n-2}$ for $ n\geq 2$ and $P_{0}=0, P_{1}=1$, and generalize these identities for many similar sequences. We prove that the…

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…

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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

In this paper, we show that the only Pell numbers whose Euler function is also a Pell number are $1$ and $2$.

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