Some Arithmetic Properties of Certain Sequences
E. L. Roettger
Department of General Education
Mount Royal University
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW
Calgary, AB T3E 6K6
Canada
H. C. Williams
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
Abstract:
In an earlier paper it was argued that two sequences, denoted by
{Un} and {Wn}, constitute the sextic analogues of the
well-known Lucas sequences {un} and {vn}. While a number of
the properties of {Un} and
{Wn} were presented previously, several
arithmetic properties of these sequences were only mentioned in
passing. In this paper we discuss the derived sequences
{Dn} and
{En},
where Dn = gcd(Wn - 6 Rn,Un) and
En = gcd(Wn,Un), in
greater detail and show that they possess many number-theoretic
properties analogous to those of {un} and
{vn},
respectively.
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Received February 5 2015; revised version received May 11 2015; May 29 2015.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, May 30 2015.
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