Euler indicators of binary recurrence sequences.
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Euler indicators of binary recurrence sequences.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1050.11014
author: Florian Luca
published in: Collectanea Mathematica
publication date: 2003-06-30T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/42880
review text: Let \(\varphi(n)\) denote Euler's totient function. Let \((u_n)_{n\geq 0}\) and \((v_n)_{n\geq 0}\) be binary linear recurrences, that is, \[ u_{n+2}= r_1 u_{n+1}+ s_1 u_n,\quad v_{n+2}= r_2 v_{n+1}+ s_2 v_n \] for \(n\geq 0\). Let the initial terms \(u_0\), \(u_1\), \(v_0\), \(v_1\) as well as the coefficients \(r_1\), \(s_1\), \(r_2\), \(s_2\) be given integers. Suppose also that \(r^2_1+ 4s_1> 0\), \(r^2_2+ 4s_2> 0\), \(v_0= 2\), \(v_1= r_2\). Under certain additional assumptions, the author proves that the Diophantine equation \[ \varphi(| au_m|)=| bv_n| \] has at most finitely many solutions. The proof uses estimations of linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers. As a corollary, the author obtains all solutions of the equations \[ \varphi(L_m)= L_n,\quad \varphi(F_m)= L_n, \] where \(F_n\), \(L_n\) denote the \(n\)th Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, respectively.
reviewed by: Neville Robbins
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11B37
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11A25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11J86
zbMATH DE Number: 1943351
zbMATH Keywords: Euler number
zbMATH Keywords: Bernoulli number
zbMATH Keywords: cyclotomic field
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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