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An Alternate Approach To Alternating Sums: A Method To Die For, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
An Alternate Approach To Alternating Sums: A Method To Die For, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
Fibonacci Deteminants - A Combinatorial Approach, Arthur T. Benjamin, Naiomi T. Cameron, Jennifer J. Quinn
Fibonacci Deteminants - A Combinatorial Approach, Arthur T. Benjamin, Naiomi T. Cameron, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
In this paper, we provide combinatorial interpretations for some determinantal identities involving Fibonacci numbers. We use the method due to Lindström-Gessel-Viennot in which we count nonintersecting n-routes in carefully chosen digraphs in order to gain insight into the nature of some well-known determinantal identities while allowing room to generalize and discover new ones.
Fibonacci Determinants — A Combinatorial Approach, Arthur T. Benjamin, Naiomi T. Cameron, Jennifer J. Quinn
Fibonacci Determinants — A Combinatorial Approach, Arthur T. Benjamin, Naiomi T. Cameron, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
In this paper, we provide combinatorial interpretations for some determinantal identities involving Fibonacci numbers. We use the method due to Lindström-Gessel-Viennot in which we count nonintersecting n-routes in carefully chosen digraphs in order to gain insight into the nature of some well-known determinantal identities while allowing room to generalize and discover new ones.
Unevening The Odds Of "Even Up", Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Unevening The Odds Of "Even Up", Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
Paint It Black -- A Combinatorial Yawp, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, James A. Sellers, Mark A. Shattuck
Paint It Black -- A Combinatorial Yawp, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, James A. Sellers, Mark A. Shattuck
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this paper.
A Stirling Encounter With Harmonic Numbers, Arthur T. Benjamin, Gregory O. Preston '01, Jennifer J. Quinn
A Stirling Encounter With Harmonic Numbers, Arthur T. Benjamin, Gregory O. Preston '01, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
The Fibonacci Numbers -- Exposed More Discretely, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
The Fibonacci Numbers -- Exposed More Discretely, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
Random Approaches To Fibonacci Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Gregory M. Levin, Karl Mahlburg '01, Jennifer J. Quinn
Random Approaches To Fibonacci Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Gregory M. Levin, Karl Mahlburg '01, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
Counting On Continued Fractions, Arthur T. Benjamin, Francis E. Su, Jennifer J. Quinn
Counting On Continued Fractions, Arthur T. Benjamin, Francis E. Su, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
Transformation Of Statistics In Fractional Quantum Hall Systems, John J. Quinn, Arkadiusz Wojs, Jennifer J. Quinn, Arthur T. Benjamin
Transformation Of Statistics In Fractional Quantum Hall Systems, John J. Quinn, Arkadiusz Wojs, Jennifer J. Quinn, Arthur T. Benjamin
Jennifer J. Quinn
A Fermion to Boson transformation is accomplished by attaching to each Fermion a tube carrying a single quantum of flux oriented opposite to the applied magnetic field. When the mean field approximation is made in Haldane’s spherical geometry, the Fermion angular momentum lF is replaced by lB =lF − 1/2 (N −1). The set of allowed total angular momentum multiplets is identical in the two different pictures. The Fermion and Boson energy spectra in the presence of many body interactions are identical only if the pseudopotential V (interaction energy as a function of pair angular momentum L12) increases as L12(L12 …
Phased Tilings And Generalized Fibonacci Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, Francis E. Su
Phased Tilings And Generalized Fibonacci Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, Francis E. Su
Jennifer J. Quinn
Fibonacci numbers arise in the solution of many combinatorial problems. They count the number of binary sequences with no consecutive zeros, the number of sequences of 1's and 2's which sum to a given number, and the number of independent sets of a path graph. Similar interpretations exist for Lucas numbers. Using these interpretations, it is possible to provide combinatorial proofs that shed light on many interesting Fibonacci and Lucas identities (see [1], [3]). In this paper we extend the combinatorial approach to understand relationships among generalized Fibonacci numbers. Given G0 and G1 a generalized Fibonacci sequence G0, G1, G2,... …
Summing Cubes By Counting Rectangles, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, Calyssa Wurtz
Summing Cubes By Counting Rectangles, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn, Calyssa Wurtz
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.
The Combinatorialization Of Linear Recurrences, Arthur T. Benjamin, Halcyon Derks, Jennifer J. Quinn
The Combinatorialization Of Linear Recurrences, Arthur T. Benjamin, Halcyon Derks, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
We provide two combinatorial proofs that linear recurrences with constant coefficients have a closed form based on the roots of its characteristic equation. The proofs employ sign-reversing involutions on weighted tilings.
Recounting Fibonacci And Lucas Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Recounting Fibonacci And Lucas Identities, Arthur T. Benjamin, Jennifer J. Quinn
Jennifer J. Quinn
No abstract provided in this article.