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math.NT2021
Connections of Class Numbers to the Group Structure of Generalized Pythagorean Triples
Thomas Jaklitsch, Thomas C. Martinez, Steven J. Miller +1
Two well-studied Diophantine equations are those of Pythagorean triples and elliptic curves; for the first, we have a parametrization through rational points on the unit circle, an…
math.NT2014
Benford Behavior of Generalized Zeckendorf Decompositions
Andrew Best, Patrick Dynes, Xixi Edelsbrunner +5
We prove connections between Zeckendorf decompositions and Benford's law. Recall that if we define the Fibonacci numbers by and , every…
math.NT2014
Benford Behavior of Zeckendorf Decompositions
Andrew Best, Patrick Dynes, Xixi Edelsbrunner +5
A beautiful theorem of Zeckendorf states that every integer can be written uniquely as the sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers . A set $S \subset \…