Classes of gap balancing numbers

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Abstract: Gap balancing numbers are a certain generalization of balancing and cobalancing numbers that arise from studying the equation T(L)+T(B)=T(m) where T(i) is the ith triangular number. In this paper, we survey early results, attempt to unify existing terminology, and extend prior findings. In addition, we further investigate the structure of classes of gap balancing numbers and related sequences, presenting new results and a conjecture regarding the number of classes based on the gap size.


In this work, the authors consider the class of gap balancing numbers. \textit{G. K. Panda} and \textit{S. S. Rout} [Fibonacci Q. 51, No. 3, 239--248 (2013; Zbl 1350.11038)] defined \(k\)-gap balancing numbers using the parity of the integer \(k\geq 0.\) When \(k\) is odd, a positive integer \(g_{k}\) is a \(k\)-gap balancing number if \[ 1+2+\cdots+(g_{k}-\frac{k+1}{2})=(g_{k}+\frac{k+1}{2})+(g_{k}+\frac{k+3}{2} )+\cdots+(g_{k}+r_{k}) \] for some integer \(r_{k}\geq 1\). When \(k\) is even, a positive integer \( g_{k}=2n+1\) is a \(k\)-gap balancing number if \[ 1+2+\cdots+(n-\frac{k}{2})=(n+\frac{k}{2}+1)+(n+\frac{k}{2}+^{\prime })+\cdots+(n+r_{k}) \] for some integer \(r_{k}\geq 0\). Then \(g_{k}\) is the median of the deleted gap when \(k\) is odd, and \(g_{k}\) is the sum of the two surviving numbers forming the edge of the gap when \(k\) is even. Let \(k\geq 0\) be an integer. A positive integer \(n\) is called an upper \( k\)-gap balancing number if \[1+2+\cdots+(n-k)=(n+1)+(n+2)+\cdots+(n+r) \] for some integer \(r\geq 0\). Here \(r\) is called the upper \(k\)-gap balancer corresponding to the upper \(k\)-gap balancing number \(n.\) It is clear that \(n\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancing number if and only if \[ T(n-k)+T(n)=T(n+r), \] where \(T(n)\) is the \(n^{th}\) triangular number. If \(n\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancing number, then from above equation \[ r=\frac{-2n-2+\sqrt{8n^{2}+8(1-k)n+(2k-1)^{2}}}{2} \] and \[ n=\frac{2r+2k-1+\sqrt{8r^{2}+8kr+1}}{2}. \] So \(n\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancing number if and only if \( 8n^{2}+8(1-k)n+(2k-1)^{2}\) is a perfect square and hence \[ C=\sqrt{8n^{2}+8(1-k)n+(2k-1)^{2}} \] is an integer called upper \(k\)-gap Lucas-balancing number corresponding to \(n \) and \(r\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancer if and only if \(8r^{2}+8kr+1\) is a perfect square and hence \[ \widetilde{r}=\sqrt{8r^{2}+8kr+1} \] is an integer called upper \(k\)-gap Lucas-balancer corresponding to \(r\). Hence \((n,C)\) is called an upper \(k\)-gap balancing pair and \((r,\widetilde{r})\) is called upper \(k\)-gap balancer pair. Since \(n\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancing number if and only if \( 8n^{2}+8(1-k)n+(2k-1)^{2}\) is a perfect square, they set \[ y^{2}=8n^{2}+8(1-k)n+(2k-1)^{2} \] for some positive integer \(y\). Then \[ y^{2}=2(2n+1-k)^{2}+2k^{2}-1 \] and taking \(x=2n+1-k\), they get the Pell equation \[ y^{2}-2x^{2}=2k^{2}-1. \] Similarly, since \(r\) is an upper \(k\)-gap balancer if and only if \( 8r^{2}+8kr+1\) is a perfect square, they set \[ y^{2}=8r^{2}+8kr+1 \] for some positive integer \(y\). Then \[ y^{2}=2(2r+k)-2k^{2}+1 \] and taking \(x=2r+k\), they get the Pell equation \[ y^{2}-2x^{2}=-2k^{2}+1. \] They first determined the set of all integer solutions of \(y^{2}-2x^{2}=2k^{2}-1\) and \(y^{2}-2x^{2}=-2k^{2}+1\), and then they determined the general terms of upper \(k\)-gap balancing numbers, upper \(k\)-gap balancers, upper \(k\)-gap Lucas-balancing numbers and upper \(k\)-gap Lucas-balancers. Further the also deduced some algebraic relations on these numbers.





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