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On Repdigits Which are Sums or Differences of Two k-Pell Numbers.

Authors :
Faye, Mariama Ndao
Rihane, Salah Eddine
Togbé, Alain
Source :
Mathematica Slovaca; Dec2023, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p1409-1422, 14p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Let k ≥ 2. A generalization of the well-known Pell sequence is the k-Pell sequence whose first k terms are 0,..., 0, 1 and each term afterwards is given by the linear recurrence p n (k) = 2 P n − 1 (k) + P n − 2 (k) + ⋯ + P n − k (k) . The goal of this paper is to show that 11, 33, 55, 88 and 99 are all repdigits expressible as sum or difference of two k-Pell. The proof of our main theorem uses lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers and a modified version of Baker-Davenport reduction method (due to Dujella and Pethő). This extends a result of Bravo and Herrera [Repdigits in generalized Pell sequences, Arch. Math. (Brno) 56(4) (2020), 249–262]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01399918
Volume :
73
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Mathematica Slovaca
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174295740
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1515/ms-2023-0102