Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 29 (2026), Article 26.3.7

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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