Convolution identities for Tribonacci numbers

Takao Komatsu, Rusen Li

Published 2016-10-08Version 1

Many kinds of convolution identities have been considered about several numbers, including Bernoulli, Euler, Genocchi, Cauchy, Stirling, and Fibonacci numbers. The well-known basic result about Bernoulli numbers is due to Euler. The convolution identities have been studied. In this paper, we give convolution identities for Tribonacci numbers without binomial coefficients and with binomial coefficients. Convolution identities of Fiboancci numbers or Lucas numbers can be expressed in the form of linear combinations of Fibonacci numbers and Lucas numbers only. Fibonacci numbers and Lucas numbers are in pairs with different values. Covolution identities of Tribonacci numbers can be expressed in the linear combination of several Tribonacci numbers with different values. Symmetric formulas are basic tools for these expressions.