International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Jan 2009)

On Sequences of Numbers and Polynomials Defined by Linear Recurrence Relations of Order 2

  • Tian-Xiao He,
  • Peter J.-S. Shiue

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/709386
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2009

Abstract

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Here we present a new method to construct the explicit formula of a sequence of numbers and polynomials generated by a linear recurrence relation of order 2. The applications of the method to the Fibonacci and Lucas numbers, Chebyshev polynomials, the generalized Gegenbauer-Humbert polynomials are also discussed. The derived idea provides a general method to construct identities of number or polynomial sequences defined by linear recurrence relations. The applications using the method to solve some algebraic and ordinary differential equations are presented.