Primes and composites in the determinant Hosoya triangle

zbMATH Open1520.11018arXiv2211.10788MaRDI QIDQ6417809FDOQ6417809

Authors: Hsin-Yun Ching, Rigoberto Flórenz, Florian Luca, Antara Mukherjee 

Publication date: 19 November 2022

Abstract: In this paper, we look at numbers of the form $H_{r,k}:=F_{k-1}{F}_{r-k+2}+F_k{F}_{r-k}$. These numbers are the entries of a triangular array called the emph{determinant Hosoya triangle} which we denote by $mathcalH$. We discuss the divisibility properties of the above numbers and their primality. We give a small sieve of primes to illustrate the density of prime numbers in $mathcalH$. Since the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers appear as entries in $mathcalH$, our research is an extension of the classical questions concerning whether there are infinitely many Fibonacci or Lucas primes. We prove that $mathcalH$ has arbitrarily large neighbourhoods of composite entries. Finally we present an abundance of data indicating a very high density of primes in $mathcalH$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special sequences and polynomials (11B83) Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Primes (11A41)

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