The Stern diatomic sequence via generalized Chebyshev polynomials

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.5.451MaRDI QIDQ4575265zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Valerio de Angelis

Publication date 13 July 2018

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.02422

zbMATH Keywords

Chebyshev polynomialsStern diatomic sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special sequences and polynomials (11B83)

Abstract: Let a(n) be the Stern's diatomic sequence, and let x1,...,xr be the distances between successive 1's in the binary expansion of the (odd) positive integer n. We show that a(n) is obtained by evaluating generalized Chebyshev polynomials when the variables are given the values x1+1, ..., xr+1, and we derive a formula expressing the same polynomials in terms of sets of increasing integers of alternating parity. We also show that a(n) = Det(Ir + Mr), where Ir is the rxr identity matrix, and Mr is the rxr matrix that has x1,...,xr along the main diagonal, then all 1's just above and below the main diagonal, and all the other entries are 0.

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