Identities involving the tribonacci numbers squared via tiling with combs

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Autori principali: Allen, Michael A., Edwards, Kenneth
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author Allen, Michael A.
Edwards, Kenneth
author_facet Allen, Michael A.
Edwards, Kenneth
contents The number of ways to tile an $n$-board (an $n\times1$ rectangular board) with $(\frac12,\frac12;1)$-, $(\frac12,\frac12;2)$-, and $(\frac12,\frac12;3)$-combs is $T_{n+2}^2$ where $T_n$ is the $n$th tribonacci number. A $(\frac12,\frac12;m)$-comb is a tile composed of $m$ sub-tiles of dimensions $\frac12\times1$ (with the shorter sides always horizontal) separated by gaps of dimensions $\frac12\times1$. We use such tilings to obtain quick combinatorial proofs of identities relating the tribonacci numbers squared to one another, to other combinations of tribonacci numbers, and to the Fibonacci, Narayana's cows, and Padovan numbers. Most of these identities appear to be new.
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spellingShingle Identities involving the tribonacci numbers squared via tiling with combs
Allen, Michael A.
Edwards, Kenneth
Combinatorics
05A19, 11B39
The number of ways to tile an $n$-board (an $n\times1$ rectangular board) with $(\frac12,\frac12;1)$-, $(\frac12,\frac12;2)$-, and $(\frac12,\frac12;3)$-combs is $T_{n+2}^2$ where $T_n$ is the $n$th tribonacci number. A $(\frac12,\frac12;m)$-comb is a tile composed of $m$ sub-tiles of dimensions $\frac12\times1$ (with the shorter sides always horizontal) separated by gaps of dimensions $\frac12\times1$. We use such tilings to obtain quick combinatorial proofs of identities relating the tribonacci numbers squared to one another, to other combinations of tribonacci numbers, and to the Fibonacci, Narayana's cows, and Padovan numbers. Most of these identities appear to be new.
title Identities involving the tribonacci numbers squared via tiling with combs
topic Combinatorics
05A19, 11B39
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02285