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Identities involving the tribonacci numbers squared via tiling with combs
- Source :
- The Fibonacci Quarterly, vol. 61 (2023), no.1, pp. 21-27
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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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
- Subjects :
- Mathematics - Combinatorics
05A19, 11B39
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- 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