Fibonacci numbers in generalized Pell sequences

In this paper, by using lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers and the theory of continued fractions, we find all Fibonacci numbers that appear in generalized Pell sequences. Some interesting estimations involving generalized Pell numbers, that we believe are of independent interest, are also deduced. This paper continues a previous work that searched for Fibonacci numbers in the Pell sequence.

On Repdigits as Sums of Fibonacci and Tribonacci Numbers

In this paper, we use Baker’s theory for nonzero linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers and a Baker-Davenport reduction procedure to find all repdigits (i.e., numbers with only one distinct digit in its decimal expansion, thus they can be seen as the easiest case of palindromic numbers, which are a ”symmetrical” type of numbers) that can be written in the form Fn+Tn, for some n≥1, where (Fn)n≥0 and (Tn)n≥0 are the sequences of Fibonacci and Tribonacci numbers, respectively.

Tribonacci numbers that are concatenations of two repdigits

Let $$ (T_{n})_{n\ge 0} $$ ( T n ) n ≥ 0 be the sequence of Tribonacci numbers defined by $$ T_0=0 $$ T 0 = 0 , $$ T_1=T_2=1$$ T 1 = T 2 = 1 , and $$ T_{n+3}= T_{n+2}+T_{n+1} +T_n$$ T n + 3 = T n + 2 + T n + 1 + T n for all $$ n\ge 0 $$ n ≥ 0 . In this note, we use of lower bounds for linear forms in logarithms of algebraic numbers and the Baker-Davenport reduction procedure to find all Tribonacci numbers that are concatenations of two repdigits.

Linear forms in logarithms and exponential Diophantine equations

International audience This paper aims to show two things. Firstly the importance of Alan Baker's work on linear forms in logarithms for the development of the theory of exponential Diophantine equations. Secondly how this theory is the culmination of a series of greater and smaller discoveries.

NOTE ON FOURIER–STIELTJES COEFFICIENTS OF COIN-TOSSING MEASURES

It is known that the Fourier–Stieltjes coefficients of a nonatomic coin-tossing measure may not vanish at infinity. However, we show that they could vanish at infinity along some integer subsequences, including the sequence ${\{b^{n}\}}_{n\geq 1}$ where $b$ is multiplicatively independent of 2 and the sequence given by the multiplicative semigroup generated by 3 and 5. The proof is based on elementary combinatorics and lower-bound estimates for linear forms in logarithms from transcendental number theory.

ON A PROBLEM OF ERDÖS AND MAHLER CONCERNING CONTINUED FRACTIONS

In 1939, Erdös and Mahler [‘Some arithmetical properties of the convergents of a continued fraction’, J. Lond. Math. Soc. (2)14 (1939), 12–18] studied some arithmetical properties of the convergents of a continued fraction. In particular, they raised a conjecture related to continued fractions and Liouville numbers. In this paper, we shall apply the theory of linear forms in logarithms to obtain a result in the direction of this problem.

Effective irrationality measures for real and p-adic roots of rational numbers close to 1, with an application to parametric families of Thue–Mahler equations

We show how the theory of linear forms in two logarithms allows one to get very good effective irrationality measures for nth roots of rational numbers a/b, when a is very close to b. We give a p-adic analogue of this result under the assumption that a is p-adically very close to b, that is, that a large power of p divides a−b. As an application, we solve completely certain families of Thue–Mahler equations. Our results illustrate, admittedly in a very special situation, the strength of the known estimates for linear forms in logarithms.