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arxiv: 1502.04346 · v1 · pith:D4OLDZJAnew · submitted 2015-02-15 · 🧮 math.NT

Quadratic forms representing the p-th Fibonacci number

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In this paper, we show that if $p\equiv 1\pmod 4$ is prime, then $4F_p$ admits a representation of the form $u^2-pv^2$ for some integers $u$ and $v$, where $F_n$ is the $n$th Fibonacci number. We prove a similar result when $p\equiv -1\pmod 4$.

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