Aitken-Steffensen acceleration and a new addition formula for Fibonacci numbers (Q1073821)

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Aitken-Steffensen acceleration and a new addition formula for Fibonacci numbers
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    Aitken-Steffensen acceleration and a new addition formula for Fibonacci numbers (English)
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    For the three parameter family of functions \(p(x)=p(\alpha,\beta,\gamma;x)=(\alpha \gamma^ x+\beta)/(\gamma^ x- 1)\) \((\alpha +\beta \neq 0\), \(\gamma\) \(\neq 0)\) a general addition theorem is stated. The well-known Aitken-Steffensen acceleration is a special case. A proof and details will be given elsewhere. Since \(p(\alpha,\alpha^{-1},-\alpha^{-2};n)=F_{n-1}/F_ n\) \((F_ n\) Fibonacci numbers), from the addition theorem an addition formula for Fibonacci numbers follows as a corollary.
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    special numbers
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    cotangens
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    addition theorem
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    Aitken-Steffensen acceleration
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    Fibonacci numbers
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