Non-standard Zeckendorf decompositions; or, Tribonacci within Fibonacci

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Autori principali: Anders, Katie, Dawsey, Madeline L., Vandehey, Joseph
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author Anders, Katie
Dawsey, Madeline L.
Vandehey, Joseph
author_facet Anders, Katie
Dawsey, Madeline L.
Vandehey, Joseph
contents We study $B(n;k)$, the number of ways of writing $n$ as a sum or difference of the first $k$ Fibonacci numbers. We show that $B(0;k)$ satisfies the Tribonacci-like recurrence $B(0;k+1)=B(0;k)+B(0;k-1)+B(0;k-2)$ and that $B(n;k)$ satisfies a modified version of this recurrence.
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spellingShingle Non-standard Zeckendorf decompositions; or, Tribonacci within Fibonacci
Anders, Katie
Dawsey, Madeline L.
Vandehey, Joseph
Number Theory
Combinatorics
11B37, 11B38, 11A63
We study $B(n;k)$, the number of ways of writing $n$ as a sum or difference of the first $k$ Fibonacci numbers. We show that $B(0;k)$ satisfies the Tribonacci-like recurrence $B(0;k+1)=B(0;k)+B(0;k-1)+B(0;k-2)$ and that $B(n;k)$ satisfies a modified version of this recurrence.
title Non-standard Zeckendorf decompositions; or, Tribonacci within Fibonacci
topic Number Theory
Combinatorics
11B37, 11B38, 11A63
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15446