Multiple sums involving the terms of a general second order sequence of numbers

Abstract: We evaluate the nested sum

s u m_{a_{n - 1} = c}^{a_{n}} s u m_{a_{n - 2} = c}^{a_{n - 1}} c d o t s s u m_{a_{0} = c}^{a_{1}} x^{a_{0}}

where

a_{n}

and

c

are any integers and

x

is a real or complex variable. Consequently, we evaluate multiple sums involving the terms of a general second order sequence, the Horadam sequence

(W_{j} (a, b; p, q))

, defined for all non-negative integers

j

by the recurrence relation

W_{0} = a,, W_{1} = b;, W_{j} = p W_{j - 1} - q W_{j - 2}, (j g e 2)

; where

a

,

b

,

p

and

q

are arbitrary complex numbers, with

p e 0

,

q e 0

.

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