On Pell numbers representable as product of two generalized Fibonacci numbers

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Main Authors: Bravo, Jhon J., Das, Pranabesh, Herrera, Jose L., Saunders, John C.
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Published: 2025
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author Bravo, Jhon J.
Das, Pranabesh
Herrera, Jose L.
Saunders, John C.
author_facet Bravo, Jhon J.
Das, Pranabesh
Herrera, Jose L.
Saunders, John C.
contents A generalization of the well-known Fibonacci sequence is the $k$-Fibonacci sequence with some fixed integer $k\ge 2$. The first $k$ terms of this sequence are $0,0, \ldots, 1$, and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms. In this paper, we find all Pell numbers that can be written as a product of two $k$-Fibonacci numbers. The proof of our main theorem uses lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms, properties of continued fractions, and a variation of a result of Dujella and Pethő in Diophantine approximation. This work generalizes a prior result of Alekseyev which dealt with determining the intersection of the Fibonacci and Pell sequences, a work of Ddamulira, Luca and Rakotomalala who searched for Pell numbers which are products of two Fibonacci numbers, and a result of Bravo, Gómez, and Herrera, who found all Pell numbers appearing in the $k$-Fibonacci sequence.
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spellingShingle On Pell numbers representable as product of two generalized Fibonacci numbers
Bravo, Jhon J.
Das, Pranabesh
Herrera, Jose L.
Saunders, John C.
Number Theory
11B39, 11J86
A generalization of the well-known Fibonacci sequence is the $k$-Fibonacci sequence with some fixed integer $k\ge 2$. The first $k$ terms of this sequence are $0,0, \ldots, 1$, and each term afterwards is the sum of the preceding $k$ terms. In this paper, we find all Pell numbers that can be written as a product of two $k$-Fibonacci numbers. The proof of our main theorem uses lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms, properties of continued fractions, and a variation of a result of Dujella and Pethő in Diophantine approximation. This work generalizes a prior result of Alekseyev which dealt with determining the intersection of the Fibonacci and Pell sequences, a work of Ddamulira, Luca and Rakotomalala who searched for Pell numbers which are products of two Fibonacci numbers, and a result of Bravo, Gómez, and Herrera, who found all Pell numbers appearing in the $k$-Fibonacci sequence.
title On Pell numbers representable as product of two generalized Fibonacci numbers
topic Number Theory
11B39, 11J86
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13674