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The fibonacci sequence is defined as x0 = 0, x1 = 1 and xn+2 = xn +xn+1 , for all non negative integers n prove that, xm = xr+1xm-r + xrxm-r for all integers m ≥ 1 and 0 ≤ r ≤ m-1 and xd divides xkd for all integers k and d

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1.


x_m=x_{r+1}x_{m-r}+x_rx_{m-r}

Prove by the induction


x_m=x_{m-r}x_{r+2} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (*)

Since m\geq1 the base of induction is:

m=1=>r=0: x_1=x_{1-0}x_{0+2}=1\cdot1=1

Hence, we proved the base of induction.

Now, we will assume, that the statement (*) is true for every m<k. Let's prove for m=k

Prove by the induction (by r)

r=0


x_k=x_{k-0}x_{0+2} =x_kx_2=x_k

The induction assumption is that for every r, such that: 0\leq r<r_0\leq k-1, the statement (*) is true. Let's prove it for r=r_0. We should check the following:


x_k=x_{k-r_0}x_{r_0+2}=x_{k-r_0}x_{r_0+1}+x_{k-r_0}x_{r_0}

We can apply the induction assumption to both of the summands in the following way:

For the first summand:


r_0+1=(r_0-1)+2, k-r_0=(k-1)-(r_0-1)

We obtain the following(by using the (*)): 


x_{k-r_0}x_{r_0+1}=x_{k-1}

By applying the induction assumption and (*) to the second summand we obtain: 


x_{k-r_0}x_{r_0}=x_{k-2}

Thus we should check if:


x_k=x_{k-1}+x_{k-2}

This is true.


x_m=x_{m-r}x_{r+2}=x_{m-r}(x_{r+1}+x_r)=x_{m-r}x_{r+1}+x_{m-r}x_r

We prove


x_m=x_{r+1}x_{m-r}+x_rx_{m-r}

2.

x_k|x_{kd}, where k,d are some integers.

Let's use the statement:


x_m=x_{m-r}x_{r+2}x_{kd}=x_{kd-d}x_{d+2}

By applying this fact (k-1) times, we obtain the following: 


x_{kd} = x_{d} x_{d+2}^{k-1}.

Thus (k\geq1): x_k|x_{kd}, where k,d are some integers.



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