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Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 325-329 (1996)

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Pentagonal Numbers in the Lucas Sequence

Ming Luo

Department of Mathematics, Chongqing Teachers College,
Chongqing, Sichuan 630047 - PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Abstract: In this paper we have proved that the only pentagonal number in the Lucas sequence $L_{n+2}=L_{n+1}+L_{n}$, $L_{0}=2$, $L_{1}=1$ is $L_{1}=1$, the only generalized pentagonal numbers in this sequence are $L_{0}=2$, $L_{1}=1$ and $L_{\pm4}=7$.

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