Congruences of the Fibonacci numbers modulo a prime
Congruences of the form F(expr1) ≡ εF(expr2) (mod p) by prime modulo p are proved, whenever expr1 is a polynomial with respect to p. The value of ε equals 1 or -1 and expr2 does not contain p. An example of such a theorem is as follows: given a polynomial A(p) with integer coefficients ак, ak-1, ..., a2, а1 a0 and with respect to p of form 5t ± 1; then, F(A(p)) ≡ F(ak + ак-1 + ... + а2 + а1 + а0) (mod p). In particular, we consider the case when the coefficients of the polynomial expr1 form the Pisano period modulo p. To search for existing TOngruences, experiments were performed in the Wolfram Mathematica system. AMS Mathematical Subject Classification: MSC 11B39, 11A07
Keywords
Fibonacci numbers, rangruences modulo a prime number, Pisano period, Mathematica systemAuthors
Name | Organization | |
Zyuz’kov Valentin M. | Tomsk State University; Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics | vmz@math.tsu.ru |
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Congruences of the Fibonacci numbers modulo a prime | Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Matematika i mekhanika – Tomsk State University Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics. 2021. № 69. DOI: 10.17223/19988621/69/2