On the $x$-coordinates of Pell equations which are Fibonacci numbers

Authors

  • Florian Luca
  • Alain Togbé

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-97271

Abstract

For an integer $d>2$ which is not a square, we show that there is at most one value of the positive integer $x$ participating in the Pell equation $x^2-dy^2=\pm 1$ which is a Fibonacci number.

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2018-02-20

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Luca, F., & Togbé, A. (2018). On the $x$-coordinates of Pell equations which are Fibonacci numbers. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA, 122(1), 18–30. https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-97271

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