Maximal divisibility-index conjecture for partial sums of Pell numbers

Let PnP_n) be the Pell numbers defined by Pn=2Pn1+Pn2P_n=2P_{n-1}+P_{n-2} for n>1n>1, with P0=0P_0=0 and P1=1P_1=1. Let SnPS^P_n denote the sum of the first nn Pell numbers, and let mnPm^P_n be the largest index mm such that PmP_m divides SnPS^P_n. Pell maximality conjecture. For the Pell sequence, we have

m4k+1P=m4k+2P=1,m4k1P=2k,andm4kP=2k+1.m^P_{4k+1}=m^P_{4k+2}=1,\quad m^P_{4k-1}=2k,\quad\text{and}\quad m^P_{4k}=2k+1.

The table of computed values exhibits this pattern, but no proof or resolution is supplied in the source.

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Nikhil Byrapuram, Adam Ge, Selena Ge, Tanya Khovanova, Sylvia Zia Lee, Rajarshi Mandal, Gordon Redwine, Soham Samanta, Daniel Wu, Danyang Xu and Ray Zhao, “Fibonacci Partial Sums Tricks”, arXiv:2409.01296 (2024).

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