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Identities involving the tribonacci numbers squared via tiling with combs

Authors :
Allen, Michael A.
Edwards, Kenneth
Source :
The Fibonacci Quarterly, vol. 61 (2023), no.1, pp. 21-27
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The number of ways to tile an $n$-board (an $n\times1$ rectangular board) with $(\frac12,\frac12;1)$-, $(\frac12,\frac12;2)$-, and $(\frac12,\frac12;3)$-combs is $T_{n+2}^2$ where $T_n$ is the $n$th tribonacci number. A $(\frac12,\frac12;m)$-comb is a tile composed of $m$ sub-tiles of dimensions $\frac12\times1$ (with the shorter sides always horizontal) separated by gaps of dimensions $\frac12\times1$. We use such tilings to obtain quick combinatorial proofs of identities relating the tribonacci numbers squared to one another, to other combinations of tribonacci numbers, and to the Fibonacci, Narayana's cows, and Padovan numbers. Most of these identities appear to be new.<br />Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
The Fibonacci Quarterly, vol. 61 (2023), no.1, pp. 21-27
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2201.02285
Document Type :
Working Paper