Walks in Tiled Rectangles and Self-Convolutions of Higher-Order Fibonacci Numbers
Jan Sedlák and Antonín Slavík
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Charles University
Sokolovská 83
186 75 Prague
Czech Republic
Abstract:
We derive new formulas for self-convolutions of Fibonacci numbers of
arbitrary order using a combinatorial approach based on counting walks
in tiled rectangles. This approach leads to a difference equation
whose solution can be expressed in terms of weighted sums involving
higher-order Fibonacci numbers, and we evaluate these sums via summation
by parts. In addition, we provide combinatorial proofs of further
convolution identities for Fibonacci numbers.
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(Concerned with sequences
A001629
A073778
A106273
A118898.)
Received April 15 2026; revised versions received April 16 2026; May 29 2026; May 30 2026.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences,
June 1 2026.
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