Pell and associated Pell braid sequences as GCDs of sums of $k$ consecutive Pell, balancing, and related numbers

Abstract

We consider the greatest common divisor (GCD) of all sums of $k$ consecutive terms of a sequence $(S_n{)}_{n\ge 0}$ where the terms $S_n$ come from exactly one of following six well-known sequences' terms: Pell $P_n$, associated Pell $Q_n$, balancing $B_n$, Lucas-balancing $C_n$, cobalancing $b_n$, and Lucas-cobalancing $c_n$ numbers. For each of the six GCDs, we provide closed forms dependent on $k$. Moreover, each of these closed forms can be realized as braid sequences of Pell and associated Pell numbers in an intriguing manner. We end with partial results on GCDs of sums of squared terms and open questions.

24 pages, Version 3 is the published version in the Journal of Integer Sequences