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Exact divisibility properties of some subsequences of fibonacci numbers

  • Mahidol University
  • Chulalongkorn University

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Abstract

For each positive integer n, we consider the following sequence of numbers F(n), F(nF(n)), F(nF(nF(n))), ⋯, where F(n) is the nth Fibonacci number defined in the usual way. Let Gk(n) be the kth term of this sequence. We prove that F(n)k || Gk(n) for all positive integers k and n with n > 3. For the first nontrivial case when n = 3, we prove that F(3)2k-1 || Gk(3) for all positive integers k. We also provide an alternative proof of the divisibility of Gk(n) by F(n)k first proved by two authors of this work. Finally, we give explicit formulas of the quotients obtained from dividing Gk(n) by F(n)k for the cases when k = 2 and k = 3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-318
Number of pages12
JournalFibonacci Quarterly
Volume51
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2013
Externally publishedYes

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