PRODUCTS AND POWERS

M.W. BUNDER
The University of Woflongong, WoIIongong, N.S.W., Australia

The generalized Fibonacci sequence is defined by

(1)

wn = pwn_f + qwn_2

with
WQ

and

=a

wf = b.

In Horadam's notation [1], wn is written wn(a,b;p,-ql

In this note we see what happens when we replace the sum and products in (1) by a product and powers; i.e.,
(2)

zn = z%-Vz%-2

with
ZQ

and

= a

z/ = b.

(We can write zn as zn(a,b; p,q).)

The sequence becomes #,, ab, ab2, a2b3f a3b5, a5b8, in the case where p = q = 1 so that
aFn-1-bFn

zn(a,b;1,1) =
The general case gives the sequence
a, b, apbc>, ap, bp+q\
with

apUpq\
7-

zn(a/b;p/q) -a

.
>b

b2pq+q\

REFERENCE
1. A.F. Horadam, "Generating Functions for Powers of a Certain Generalized Sequence of Numbers/' Duke Math.
Journal., Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 437-446, Sept. 1965.

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