Lehmer number

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In mathematics, a Lehmer number is a generalization of a Lucas sequence.

Algebraic relations

If a and b are complex numbers with

$a+b={\sqrt {R}}$

$ab=Q$

under the following conditions:

Then, the corresponding Lehmer numbers are:

$U_{n}({\sqrt {R}},Q)={\frac {a^{n}-b^{n}}{a-b}}$

for n odd, and

$U_{n}({\sqrt {R}},Q)={\frac {a^{n}-b^{n}}{a^{2}-b^{2}}}$

for n even.

Their companion numbers are:

$V_{n}({\sqrt {R}},Q)={\frac {a^{n}+b^{n}}{a+b}}$

for n odd and

$V_{n}({\sqrt {R}},Q)=a^{n}+b^{n}$

for n even.

Lehmer numbers form a linear recurrence relation with

$U_{n}=(R-2Q)U_{{n-2}}-Q^{2}U_{{n-4}}=(a^{2}+b^{2})U_{{n-2}}-a^{2}b^{2}U_{{n-4}}$

with initial values $U_{0}=0,U_{1}=1,U_{2}=1,U_{3}=R-Q=a^{2}+ab+b^{2}$ . Similarly the companions sequence satisfies

$V_{n}=(R-2Q)V_{{n-2}}-Q^{2}V_{{n-4}}=(a^{2}+b^{2})V_{{n-2}}-a^{2}b^{2}V_{{n-4}}$

with initial values $V_{0}=2,V_{1}=1,V_{2}=R-2Q=a^{2}+b^{2},V_{3}=R-3Q=a^{2}-ab+b^{2}$ .

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