Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 16 (2013), Article 13.1.7

On Some Magnified Fibonacci Numbers Modulo a Lucas Number


Ram Krishna Pandey
Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Patliputra Colony, Patna - 800013
India

Abstract:

Let, as usual, Fn and Ln denote the nth Fibonacci number and the nth Lucas number, respectively. In this paper, we consider the Fibonacci numbers F2, F3, ..., Ft. Let n ≥ 1 be an integer such that 4n+2 ≤ t ≤ 4n+5 and m = F2n+2 + F2n+4 = L2n+3. We prove that the integers F2 F2n+2, F3F2n+2, . . . , FtF2n+2 modulo m all belong to the interval [F2n+1, 3F2n+2]. Furthermore, the endpoints of the interval [F2n+1, 3F2n+2] are obtained only by the integers F4F2n+2 and F4n+2F2n+2, respectively.


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(Concerned with sequence A000045.)


Received September 28 2012; revised version received January 21 2013. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, January 26 2013.


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