Explicit algebraic dependence formulae for infinite products related with Fibonacci and Lucas numbers

Hajime Kaneko ¹   ; Takeshi Kurosawa ²   ; Yohei Tachiya ³   ; Taka-aki Tanaka ⁴

¹ Institute of Mathematics University of Tsukuba 1-1-1, Tennodai Tsukuba, Ibaraki 350-0006, Japan
² Department of Mathematical Information Science Tokyo University of Science 1-3, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162–8601, Japan
³ Graduate School of Science and Technology Hirosaki University Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
⁴ Department of Mathematics Keio University 3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku Yokohama 223-8522, Japan

Acta Arithmetica, Tome 168 (2015) no. 2, pp. 161-186

Résumé

Let $d\geq 2$ be an integer. In 2010, the second, third, and fourth authors gave necessary and sufficient conditions for the infinite products $$ \prod_{\textstyle {k=1\atop U_{d^k}\neq-a_i}}^{\infty}\biggl( 1+\frac{a_i}{U_{d^k}}\bigg)\quad (i=1,\dots,m)\quad {\rm or} \!\quad\prod_{\textstyle{k=1\atop V_{d^k}\neq-a_i}}^{\infty}\biggl( 1+\frac{a_i}{V_{d^k}}\bigg)\quad (i=1,\dots,m) $$ to be algebraically dependent, where $a_i$ are non-zero integers and $U_n$ and $V_n$ are generalized Fibonacci numbers and Lucas numbers, respectively. The purpose of this paper is to relax the condition on the non-zero integers $a_1,\dots,a_m$ to non-zero real algebraic numbers, which gives new cases where the infinite products above are algebraically dependent.

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DOI : 10.4064/aa168-2-5

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