Shadow sequences of integers: from Fibonacci to Markov and back

DOI10.1007/S00283-021-10154-XMaRDI QIDQ6169825zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Valentin Ovsienko

Publication date 12 July 2023

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02553

zbMATH Keywords

integer sequences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Special sequences and polynomials (11B83)

Abstract: The following general idea looks crazy. What if another integer sequence follows each integer sequence like a shadow? I will demonstrate that this is indeed the case, perhaps not for every integer sequence, but for many of them.

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• Dual numbers, weighted quivers, and extended Somos and Gale-Robinson sequences
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(6)

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• Shadows of rationals and irrationals: supersymmetric continued fractions and the super modular group
• Conway's light on the shadow of Mordell
• A shadow Markov equation
• Casting more light in the shadows: dual Somos-5 sequences
• Conditions of positivity on a shadow Markoff tree

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