On square classes in generalized Fibonacci sequences

Zafer Şiar¹ ; Refik Keskin²

¹Mathematics Department Bingöl University 12000 Bingöl, Turkey
²Mathematics Department Sakarya University 54050 Sakarya, Turkey

Acta Arithmetica, Tome 174 (2016) no. 3, pp. 277-295

Résumé

Let $P$ and $Q$ be nonzero integers. The generalized Fibonacci and Lucas sequences are defined respectively as follows: $U_{0}=0,U_{1}=1,$ $% V_{0}=2,V_{1}=P$ and $U_{n+1}=PU_{n}+QU_{n-1},$ $V_{n+1}=PV_{n}+QV_{n-1}$ for $n\geq 1$. In this paper, when $w\in \{ 1,2,3,6\} ,$ for all odd relatively prime values of $P$ and $Q$ such that $P\geq 1$ and $P^{2}+4Q \gt 0,$ we determine all $n$ and $m$ satisfying the equation $U_{n}=wU_{m}x^{2}.$ In particular, when $k\,|\,P$ and $k \gt 1$, we solve the equations $U_{n}=kx^{2}$ and $U_{n}=2kx^{2}.$ As a result, we determine all $n$ such that $U_{n}=6x^{2}.$

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DOI : 10.4064/aa8436-4-2016

Keywords: nonzero integers generalized fibonacci lucas sequences defined respectively follows n n geq paper odd relatively prime values geq determine satisfying equation particular solve equations result determine