An interesting Fibonacci discovery

If a m = n = 2 m ( 1 2 n 1 + k = 1 n 1 L k 2 n k ) \displaystyle a_{m} = \sum_{n=2}^{m} \left(\frac{1}{2^{n-1}} + \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{L_{k}}{2^{n-k}}\right) for m 2 m ≥ 2 , find ( m = 2 1 2 + a m ) 1 \displaystyle \left \lfloor \left(\sum_{m=2}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2+a_{m}} \right)^{-1}\right \rfloor .

Notation: L n L_n denotes the n n th Lucas number , where L 0 = 2 L_0 = 2 , L 1 = 1 L_1=1 , and L n = L n 1 + L n 2 L_n = L_{n-1} + L_{n-2} for n 2 n \ge 2 .

Largely the same as this problem .


The answer is 1.

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Dec 23, 2019

Through proof by induction , we find that b n = 1 2 n 1 + k = 1 n 1 L k 2 n k = F n \displaystyle b_n = \frac 1{2^{n-1}} + \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\frac {L_k}{2^{n-k}}=F_n for all n 2 n \ge 2 , where F n F_n denotes the n n th Fibonacci number (see Proofs below). And by induction again, we can prove that a m = a m = n = 2 m b n = n = 2 m F n = F m + 2 2 \displaystyle a_m = a_m = \sum_{n=2}^m b_n = \sum_{n=2}^m F_n = F_{m+2}-2 for all m 2 m \ge 2 . Then by numerical method, m = 2 1 2 + a m = m = 4 1 F m 0.859829204 \displaystyle \sum_{m=2}^\infty \frac 1{2+a_m} = \sum_{m=4}^\infty \frac 1{F_m} \approx 0.859829204 . Therefore the answer is 1 0.859829204 = 1 \left \lfloor \dfrac 1{0.859829204} \right \rfloor = \boxed 1 .


Proof 1: b n = F n b_n = F_n for all n 2 n \ge 2

For n = 2 n=2 , b 2 = 1 2 + 1 2 = 1 = F 2 b_2 = \dfrac 12 + \dfrac 12 = 1 = F_2 . The claim is true for n = 2 n = 2 . Assuming the claim is true for n n , then

b n + 1 = 1 2 n + k = 1 n L k 2 n + 1 k = 1 2 ( 1 2 n 1 + k = 1 n L k 2 n k ) = 1 2 ( 1 2 n 1 + k = 1 n 1 L k 2 n k + L n 1 ) Note that L n = F n 1 + F n + 1 = F n + F n 1 + F n + 1 2 = 2 F n + 1 2 = F n + 1 \begin{aligned} b_{n+1} & = \frac 1{2^n} + \sum_{k=1}^n\frac {L_k}{2^{n+1-k}} \\ & = \frac 12\left(\frac 1{2^{n-1}} + \sum_{k=1}^n\frac {L_k}{2^{n-k}}\right) \\ & = \frac 12 \left(\blue{\frac 1{2^{n-1}} + \sum_{k=1}^{n-1}\frac {L_k}{2^{n-k}}} + \frac {\red{L_n}}1\right) & \small \red{\text{Note that }L_n = F_{n-1}+F_{n+1}} \\ & = \frac {\blue{F_n} + \red{F_{n-1}+F_{n+1}}}2 \\ & = \frac {2F_{n+1}}2 = F_{n+1} \end{aligned}

The claim is also true for n + 1 n+1 and hence true for all n 2 n \ge 2 .

Proof 2: a m = F m + 2 2 a_m = F_{m+2} - 2 for all m 2 m \ge 2

For m = 2 m=2 , a 2 = F 2 = 1 = F 4 2 a_2 = F_2 = 1 = F_4-2 , the claim is true for m = 2 m=2 . Assuming the claim is true for m m , then

a m + 2 = n = 2 m + 1 F n = n = 2 m F n + F m + 1 = F m + 2 2 + F m + 1 = F m + 3 2 \begin{aligned} a_{m+2} & = \sum_{n=2}^{m+1} F_n = \sum_{n=2}^m F_n + F_{m+1} = F_{m+2} - 2 + F_{m+1} = F_{m+3} -2 \end{aligned}

The claim is also true for m + 1 m+1 and hence true for all m 2 m \ge 2 .

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