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On the monoid generated by a Lucas sequence

Clemens Heuberger·Stephan Wagner
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A Lucas sequence is a sequence of the general form $v_n = (ϕ^n - \barϕ^n)/(ϕ-\barϕ)$, where $ϕ$ and $\barϕ$ are real algebraic integers such that $ϕ+\barϕ$ and $ϕ\barϕ$ are both rational. Famous examples include the Fibonacci numbers, the Pell numbers, and the Mersenne numbers. We study the monoid that is generated by such a sequence; as it turns out, it is almost freely generated. We provide an asymptotic formula for the number of positive integers $\leq x$ in this monoid, and also prove Erdős-Kac type theorems for the distribution of the number of factors, with and without multiplicity. While the limiting distribution is Gaussian if only distinct factors are counted, this is no longer the case when multiplicities are taken into account.

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Clemens Heuberger, Stephan Wagner. 2016-09-26. On the monoid generated by a Lucas sequence. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55357-3_14

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