PEN L Problems

1

An integer sequence $\{a_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ is defined by \[a_{0}=0, \; a_{1}=1, \; a_{n+2}=2a_{n+1}+a_{n}\] Show that $2^{k}$ divides $a_{n}$ if and only if $2^{k}$ divides $n$.

2

The Fibonacci sequence $\{F_{n}\}$ is defined by \[F_{1}=1, \; F_{2}=1, \; F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}.\] Show that $\gcd (F_{m}, F_{n})=F_{\gcd (m, n)}$ for all $m, n \in \mathbb{N}$.

3

The Fibonacci sequence $\{F_{n}\}$ is defined by \[F_{1}=1, \; F_{2}=1, \; F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}.\] Show that $F_{mn-1}-F_{n-1}^{m}$ is divisible by $F_{n}^{2}$ for all $m \ge 1$ and $n>1$.

4

The Fibonacci sequence $\{F_{n}\}$ is defined by \[F_{1}=1, \; F_{2}=1, \; F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}.\] Show that $F_{mn}-F_{n+1}^{m}+F_{n-1}^{m}$ is divisible by $F_{n}^{3}$ for all $m \ge 1$ and $n>1$.

5

The Fibonacci sequence $\{F_{n}\}$ is defined by \[F_{1}=1, \; F_{2}=1, \; F_{n+2}=F_{n+1}+F_{n}.\] Show that $F_{2n-1}^{2}+F_{2n+1}^{2}+1=3F_{2n-1}F_{2n+1}$ for all $n \ge 1$.

6

Prove that no Fibonacci number can be factored into a product of two smaller Fibonacci numbers, each greater than 1.

7

Let $m$ be a positive integer. Define the sequence $\{a_{n}\}_{n \ge 0}$ by \[a_{0}=0, \; a_{1}=m, \; a_{n+1}=m^{2}a_{n}-a_{n-1}.\] Prove that an ordered pair $(a, b)$ of non-negative integers, with $a \le b$, gives a solution to the equation \[\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{ab+1}= m^{2}\] if and only if $(a, b)$ is of the form $(a_{n}, a_{n+1})$ for some $n \ge 0$.

8

Let $\{x_{n}\}_{n\ge0}$ and $\{y_{n}\}_{n\ge0}$ be two sequences defined recursively as follows \[x_{0}=1, \; x_{1}=4, \; x_{n+2}=3 x_{n+1}-x_{n},\] \[y_{0}=1, \; y_{1}=2, \; y_{n+2}=3 y_{n+1}-y_{n}.\] Prove that ${x_{n}}^{2}-5{y_{n}}^{2}+4=0$ for all non-negative integers. Suppose that $a$, $b$ are two positive integers such that $a^{2}-5b^{2}+4=0$. Prove that there exists a non-negative integer $k$ such that $a=x_{k}$ and $b=y_{k}$.

9

Let $\{u_{n}\}_{n \ge 0}$ be a sequence of positive integers defined by \[u_{0}= 1, \;u_{n+1}= au_{n}+b,\] where $a, b \in \mathbb{N}$. Prove that for any choice of $a$ and $b$, the sequence $\{u_{n}\}_{n \ge 0}$ contains infinitely many composite numbers.

10

The sequence $\{y_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ is defined by \[y_{1}=y_{2}=1,\;\; y_{n+2}= (4k-5)y_{n+1}-y_{n}+4-2k.\] Determine all integers $k$ such that each term of this sequence is a perfect square.

11

Let the sequence $\{K_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ be defined by \[K_{1}=2, K_{2}=8, K_{n+2}=3K_{n+1}-K_{n}+5(-1)^{n}.\] Prove that if $K_{n}$ is prime, then $n$ must be a power of $3$.

12

The sequence $\{a_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ is defined by \[a_{1}=1, \; a_{2}=12, \; a_{3}=20, \; a_{n+3}= 2a_{n+2}+2a_{n+1}-a_{n}.\] Prove that $1+4a_{n}a_{n+1}$ is a square for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$.

13

The sequence $\{x_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ is defined by \[x_{1}=x_{2}=1, \; x_{n+2}= 14x_{n+1}-x_{n}-4.\] Prove that $x_{n}$ is always a perfect square.