Melham's conjecture on odd power sums of Fibonacci numbers

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Let FnF_n denote the nn-th Fibonacci number and LnL_n the nn-th Lucas number, with F0=0F_0=0, F1=1F_1=1, L0=2L_0=2, and L1=1L_1=1. For n≥2n\geq 2, they satisfy

Fn=Fn−1+Fn−2,Ln=Ln−1+Ln−2.F_n=F_{n-1}+F_{n-2},\qquad L_n=L_{n-1}+L_{n-2}.

Melham's conjecture. For any positive integers n,mn,m, there is a polynomial P2m−1(x)P_{2m-1}(x) of degree 2m−12m-1 with integer coefficients such that

L1L3L5⋯L2m+1∑k=1nF2k2m+1=(F2n+1−1)2P2m−1(F2n+1).L_1L_3L_5\cdots L_{2m+1}\sum_{k=1}^n F_{2k}^{2m+1}=(F_{2n+1}-1)^2P_{2m-1}(F_{2n+1}).

The conjecture concerns an integral polynomial representation for odd power sums of even-indexed Fibonacci numbers. The paper states that it proves this conjecture by showing the relevant polynomial and its derivative vanish at 11, and that multiplying by the indicated product of odd-indexed Lucas numbers yields an integer polynomial.

References

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Brian Y. Sun, Matthew H. Y. Xie and Arthur L. B. Yang, “Melham's Conjecture on Odd Power Sums of Fibonacci Numbers”, arXiv:1502.03294 (2015).

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