Robert Frontczak
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
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Volume 22, 2016, Number 2, Pages 64—71
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Robert Frontczak
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg
Am Hauptbahnhof 2, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract
In this note we consider a family of finite and infinite alternating sums containing products of Fibonacci numbers. We derive closed-form expressions for this family of sums. As a consequence of this result we establish new algebraic relationships between certain alternating sums of reciprocals of products of Fibonacci numbers with integer power.
Keywords
- Fibonacci number
- Alternating sums
- Reciprocals
AMS Classification
- 11B37
- 11B39
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Cite this paper
Frontczak, R. (2016). A note on a family of alternating Fibonacci sums. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 22(2), 64-71.