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The generalized Binet formula for -bonacci numbers

  • Harold R. Parks

    Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA

  • Dean C. Wills

    AppDynamics, San Francisco, USA
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Abstract

Using Vandermonde determinants, we give a simple proof of the generalization of the Binet formula to the -bonacci numbers.

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Harold R. Parks, Dean C. Wills, The generalized Binet formula for -bonacci numbers. Elem. Math. 79 (2024), no. 2, pp. 80–83

DOI 10.4171/EM/502