%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The Fibonacci sequence {f(n)}=1,1,2,3,5,8,13,... is defined by the conditions f(1)=f(2)=1, f(n+2)=f(n)+f(n+1), for n>=1. ___________________________________________________ Problem 1. Prove that W(n) = f(n+2)f(n)-(f(n+1))^2=(-1)^(n+1), n>=1. Proof. By induction in n. For n=1, the equality holds: W(1) = 2*1-1^2=(-1)^2 (both sides =1). Step induction. Assume that it is true for n<=N. Then W(N+1) = f(N+3)f(N+1)-(f(N+2))^2 = = [f(N+2)+f(N+1)]f(N+1) - (f(N+2))^2 = = f(N+2)[f(N+1)-f(N+2)] + (f(N+1))^2 = = f(N+2)(-f(N)) + (f(N+1))^2 = -W(N) = -(-1)^(N+1) = (-1)^(N+2), completing the proof. _____________________________________________________ Problem 2. Prove that (f(n), f(n+1)) = 1, for n„1. Proof. By induction in n. True for n=1: (1,1)=1. Step induction. Assume that it is true for n¾N. Then (f(N+1), f(N+2)) = (f(N+1), f(N+2) - f(N+1)) = = (f(N+1), f(N)) =1, completing the proof. _____________________________________________________ Problem 3. (f(n+k), f(n)) | f(k), n,k>=1. We have f(n+2)=f(n)+f(n+1); f(n+3)=f(n)+2f(n+1); f(n+4)=2f(n)+3f(n+1); f(n+5)=3f(n)+5f(n+1); and in general f(n+k)=f(k-1)f(n)+f(k)f(n+1). (The last identity is easily proved, for any fixed n, by induction in k.) It follows: (f(n+k), f(n)) = (f(k-1)f(n)+f(k)f(n+1), f(n)) = = (f(k)f(n+1), f(n)) = (f(k), f(n)) which is a divisor of f(k). END OF PROOF. _____________________________________________________