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On Ledin and Brousseau's summation problems

Combinatorics 2022-08-02 v3

Abstract

We develop a recursive scheme, as well as polynomial forms (polynomials in nn of degree mm), for the evaluation of Ledin and Brousseau's Fibonacci sums of the form S(m,n,r)=k=1nkmFk+rS(m,n,r)=\sum_{k=1}^nk^mF_{k + r}, T(m,n,r)=k=1nkmLk+rT(m,n,r)=\sum_{k=1}^nk^mL_{k + r} for non-negative integers mm and nn and arbitrary integer rr; FjF_j and LjL_j being the jthj^{th} Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. We also extend the study to a general second order sequence by establishing a recursive procedure to determine W(m,n,r;a,b,p,q)=k=1nkmwk+rW(m,n,r;a,b,p,q)=\sum_{k=1}^nk^mw_{k+r} where (wj(a,b;p,q))(w_j(a,b;p,q)) is the Horadam sequence defined by w0=a,w1=b;wj=pwj1qwj2(j2);w_0 = a,\,w_1 = b;\,w_j = pw_{j - 1} - qw_{j - 2}\, (j \ge 2); where aa, bb, pp and qq are arbitrary complex numbers, with p0p\ne 0 and q0q\ne 0. An explicit polynomial form for W(m,n,r;a,b,1,q)W(m,n,r;a,b,1,q) and more generally for the sum W(m,n,h,r;a,b,p,q)=k=1nVhkkmwhk+r\mathcal W(m,n,h,r;a,b,p,q) = \sum_{k = 1}^n {V_h^{- k}k^m w_{hk + r}}, where (Vj(p,q))=(wj(2,p;p,q))(V_j(p,q))=(w_j(2,p;p,q)), is established. Finally a polynomial form is established for a Ledin-Brousseau sum involving Horadam numbers with subscripts in arithmetic progression.

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@article{arxiv.2108.04113,
  title  = {On Ledin and Brousseau's summation problems},
  author = {Kunle Adegoke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.04113},
  year   = {2022}
}

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25 pages, no figures or tables

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