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Chebyshev polynomials and their some interesting applications
Advances in Difference Equations volume 2017, Article number: 303 (2017)
Abstract
The main purpose of this paper is by using the definitions and properties of Chebyshev polynomials to study the power sum problems involving Fibonacci polynomials and Lucas polynomials and to obtain some interesting divisible properties.
1 Introduction
For any integer \(n\geq 0\), the first kind Chebyshev polynomials \(\{T_{n}(x)\}\) and the second kind Chebyshev polynomials \(\{U_{n}(x) \}\) are defined by \(T_{0}(x)=1\), \(T_{1}(x)=x\), \(U_{0}(x)=1\), \(U_{1}(x)=2x\) and \(T_{n+2}(x)=2xT_{n+1}(x)-T_{n}(x)\), \(U_{n+2}(x)=2xU _{n+1}(x)-U_{n}(x)\) for all \(n\geq 0\). If we write \(\alpha =\alpha (x)=x+\sqrt{x ^{2}-1}\) and \(\beta =\beta (x)=x-\sqrt{x^{2}-1}\) for the sake of simplicity, then we have
and
Fibonacci polynomials \(\{F_{n}(x)\}\) and Lucas polynomials \(\{L_{n}(x) \}\) are defined by \(F_{0}(x)=0\), \(F_{1}(x)=1\), \(L_{0}(x)=2\), \(L_{1}(x)=x\) and \(F_{n+2}(x)=xF_{n+1}(x)+F_{n}(x)\), \(L_{n+2}(x)=xL _{n+1}(x)+L_{n}(x)\) for all \(n\geq 0\). If we write \(U(x)=\frac{x+\sqrt{x ^{2}+4}}{2}\) and \(V(x)=\frac{x-\sqrt{x^{2}+4}}{2}\), then we have
These polynomials occupy a very important position in the theory and application of mathematics, so many scholars have studied their various properties and obtained a series of interesting and important results. See references [1–13] for Chebyshev polynomials and [14–16] for Fibonacci and Lucas polynomials. For example, Li Xiaoxue [1] proved some identities involving power sums of \(T_{n}(x)\) and \(U_{n}(x)\). As some applications of these results, she obtained some divisible properties involving Chebyshev polynomials. Precisely, she proved the congruence
In this paper, we shall use the definition and properties of Chebyshev polynomials to study the power sum problem involving Fibonacci and Lucas polynomials and prove some new divisible properties involving these polynomials. That is, we shall prove the following two generalized conclusions.
Theorem 1
Let n and h be non-negative integers with \(h\geq 1\). Then, for any odd number \(l\geq 1\), we have the congruence
Theorem 2
Let n and h be non-negative integers with \(h\geq 1\). Then, for any even number \(l\geq 1\), we have the congruence
Especially for \(l=1\) and 2, from our theorems we may immediately deduce the following two corollaries.
Corollary 1
For any non-negative integers n and h with \(h\geq 1\), we have
Corollary 2
For any non-negative integers n and h with \(h\geq 1\), we have
Some notes: In our theorems, the range of the summation for m is from 0 to h. If the range of the summation is \(1\leq m \leq h\), then it is very easy to prove the following corresponding results:
For any odd number \(l\geq 1\), we have the polynomial congruence
For any even number \(l\geq 1\), we have the polynomial congruence
Taking \(l=1\) and 2, and noting that \(L_{1}(x)=F_{2}(x)=x\), then from these two congruences we can deduce the following:
and
Therefore, our theorems are actually an extension of references [1] and [16].
2 Several simple lemmas
To complete the proofs of our theorems, we need some new properties of Chebyshev polynomial, which we summarize as the following three lemmas.
Lemma 1
For any integers \(m, n\geq 0\), we have the identity
Proof
Let \(\alpha = \frac{x+\sqrt{x^{2}+4}}{2}\) and \(\beta = \frac{x-\sqrt{x^{2}+4}}{2}\), then \(L_{2m}(x)=\alpha^{2m}+ \beta^{2m}\), \(\alpha \cdot \beta =-1\) and \(\alpha^{2m}\cdot \beta^{2m}=1\). Replace x by \(\frac{1}{2}L_{2m}(x)\) in \(T_{n}(x)\) and note that
From the definition of \(T_{n}(x)\)
we have the identity
This proves Lemma 1. □
Lemma 2
Let n and h be non-negative integers with \(h\geq 1\). Then, for any odd number \(l\geq 1\), we have the congruence
Proof
We prove this polynomial congruence by complete induction for \(n\geq 0\). It is clear that Lemma 2 is true for \(n=0\). If \(n=1\), then note that \(2\nmid l\) and \(L^{3}_{l(2h+1)}(x)= L_{3l(2h+1)}(x)-3L _{l(2h+1)}(x)\), we have
That is to say, Lemma 2 is true for \(n=1\).
Suppose that Lemma 2 is true for all integers \(n= 1, 2, \ldots , k\). That is,
for all \(0\leq n\leq k\).
Then, for \(n=k+1\geq 2\), note the identities
and
applying inductive hypothesis (3), we have
Now Lemma 2 follows from complete induction. □
Lemma 3
Let n and h be non-negative integers with \(h\geq 1\). Then, for any even number \(l\geq 1\), we have the congruence
Proof
We can also prove Lemma 3 by complete induction. If \(n=0\), then it is clear that Lemma 3 is true. If \(n=1\), then note that \(2\mid l\) and \(F_{3l(2h+1)}(x)=(x^{2}+4)F^{3}_{l(2h+1)}(x)+3F _{l(2h+1)}(x)\), we have
So Lemma 3 is true for \(n=1\). Suppose that Lemma 3 is true for all integers \(n= 1, 2, \ldots , k\). That is,
for all \(0\leq n\leq k\).
Then, for \(n=k+1\), note the identities
and
applying inductive hypothesis (4), we have
This completes the proof of Lemma 3. □
3 Proofs of the theorems
In this section, we shall prove our theorems by mathematical induction. Replace x by \(\frac{1}{2}\cdot L_{2ml}(x)\) in (1), from Lemma 1 we have
or
Note the identities
and
If l is an odd number, then from (5) and (6) we have
Now we prove Theorem 1 by mathematical induction. If \(n=1\), then from (8), Lemma 2 and note that \(2\nmid l\) we have
That is, Theorem 1 is true for \(n=1\).
Suppose that Theorem 1 is true for all integers \(1\leq n \leq s\). Then, for \(n=s+1\), from (8) we have
From Lemma 2 we have
Applying inductive assumption, we have
Combining (9)-(12) and Lemma 2, we can deduce the congruence
This proves Theorem 1 by mathematical induction.
Now we prove Theorem 2. If \(2\mid l\), then from (5) and (7) we have
Applying (13), Lemma 3 and the method of proving Theorem 1, we may immediately deduce the congruence
This completes the proof of Theorem 2.
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The author would like to thank the referees for their very helpful and detailed comments, which have significantly improved the presentation of this paper. This work is supported by the NSF Grant No. 11771351 of P.R. China.
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Li, C., Wenpeng, Z. Chebyshev polynomials and their some interesting applications. Adv Differ Equ 2017, 303 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13662-017-1365-1
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