How to sum powers of balancing numbers efficiently

Helmut Prodinger
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 27, 2021, Number 1, Pages 134–137
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2021.27.1.134-137
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Helmut Prodinger
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University
7602 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Abstract

Balancing numbers possess, as Fibonacci numbers, a Binet formula. Using this, partial sums of arbitrary powers of balancing numbers can be summed explicitly. For this, as a first step, a power B_n^l is expressed as a linear combination of B_{mn}.

Keywords

  • Balancing numbers
  • Binet formula
  • Generating functions

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 11B49
  • 05A15

References

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Prodinger, H. (2021). How to sum powers of balancing numbers efficiently. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 27(1), 134-137, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2021.27.1.134-137.

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