A Conjecture concerning the Fibonomial Triangle
Number Theory
2016-04-19 v1
Abstract
The fibonomial triangle has been shown by Chen and Sagan to have a fractal nature mod 2 and 3. Both these primes have the property that the Fibonacci entry point of is . We study the fibonomial triangle mod 5, showing with a theorem of Knuth and Wilf that the triangle has a recurring structure under divisibility by five. While this result is not new, our method of proof is new and suggests a conjecture for the divisibility of a fibonomial coefficient by a general prime . We give necessary conditions for such primes, namely that the Fibonacci entry point must be greater than or equal to , and offer numerical evidence for the validity of the conjecture. Lastly, we conclude with a discussion concerning further directions of research.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1604.04775,
title = {A Conjecture concerning the Fibonomial Triangle},
author = {Jeremiah Southwick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.04775},
year = {2016}
}