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arxiv: 1210.4101 · v1 · pith:ZIOV5J7Tnew · submitted 2012-10-15 · 🧮 math.NT

On the largest prime factor of the k-Fibonacci numbers

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Let $P(m)$ denote the largest prime factor of an integer $m\geq 2$, and put $P(0)=P(1)=1$. For an integer $k\geq 2$, let $(F_{n}^{(k)})_{n\geq 2-k}$ be the $k-$generalized Fibonacci sequence which starts with $0,...,0,1$ ($k$ terms) and each term afterwards is the sum of the $k$ preceding terms. Here, we show that if $n\geq k+2$, then $P(F_n^{(k)})>c\log\log n$, where $c>0$ is an effectively computable constant. Furthermore, we determine all the $k-$Fibonacci numbers $F_n^{(k)}$ whose largest prime factor is less than or equal to 7.

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