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On Sums of the Reciprocals of Prime Divisors of Terms of a Linear Recurrence

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Let \(R = \{ {R_n}\} \begin{array}{*{20}{c}} \infty \\ {n = 0} \\ \end{array} \) be a linear recurrent sequence of rational integers defined by the recursion

$${R_n} - A{R_n}_{ - 1} + B{R_{n - 2}}{\rm{ }}(n > 1)$$

with coprime integers A,B and initial terms R 0 = 0, R 1 = 1. We suppose that the sequence R is non-degenerate, i.e. α/β is not a root of unity, where α and β are the roots of the characteristic equation \( {x^2} - Ax - B = 0 \).

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Kiss, P. (1998). On Sums of the Reciprocals of Prime Divisors of Terms of a Linear Recurrence. In: Bergum, G.E., Philippou, A.N., Horadam, A.F. (eds) Applications of Fibonacci Numbers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5020-0_25

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