Generalised Fibonacci sequences constructed from balancing words
Number Theory
2021-02-22 v4
Abstract
We study growth rates of generalised Fibonacci sequences of a particular structure. These sequences are constructed from choosing two real numbers for the first two terms and always having the next term be either the sum or the difference of the two preceding terms where the pluses and minuses follow a certain pattern. In 2012, McLellan proved that if the pluses and minuses follow a periodic pattern and is the th term of the resulting generalised Fibonacci sequence, then \begin{equation*} \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}|G_n|^{1/n} \end{equation*} exists. We extend her results to recurrences of the form if the choices of pluses and minuses, and of the follow a balancing word type pattern.
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@article{arxiv.1910.07824,
title = {Generalised Fibonacci sequences constructed from balancing words},
author = {Kevin Hare and J. C. Saunders},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.07824},
year = {2021}
}
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23 pages