On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing

We prove two properties regarding the Fibonacci and Lucas Sequences modulo a prime and use these to generalize the well-known property p∣Fp−p5. We then discuss these results in the context of primality testing.

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Main Authors: Dorin Andrica, Vlad Crişan, Fawzi Al-Thukair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319516617300646
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spelling doaj-88ad4ecba9f944d8aa60b67911542d362021-05-03T01:41:57ZengEmerald PublishingArab Journal of Mathematical Sciences1319-51662018-01-0124191510.1016/j.ajmsc.2017.06.002On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testingDorin Andrica0Vlad Crişan1Fawzi Al-Thukair2Department of Mathematics, “ Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj Napoca, Mihail Kogalniceanu Street 1, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaDepartment of Mathematics, University of Göttingen, Bunsenstraße 3-5, Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Mathematics, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaWe prove two properties regarding the Fibonacci and Lucas Sequences modulo a prime and use these to generalize the well-known property p∣Fp−p5. We then discuss these results in the context of primality testing.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319516617300646Fibonacci and Lucas sequencesLegendre symbol
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author Dorin Andrica
Vlad Crişan
Fawzi Al-Thukair
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Vlad Crişan
Fawzi Al-Thukair
On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences
Fibonacci and Lucas sequences
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author_facet Dorin Andrica
Vlad Crişan
Fawzi Al-Thukair
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title On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
title_short On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
title_full On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
title_fullStr On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
title_full_unstemmed On Fibonacci and Lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
title_sort on fibonacci and lucas sequences modulo a prime and primality testing
publisher Emerald Publishing
series Arab Journal of Mathematical Sciences
issn 1319-5166
publishDate 2018-01-01
description We prove two properties regarding the Fibonacci and Lucas Sequences modulo a prime and use these to generalize the well-known property p∣Fp−p5. We then discuss these results in the context of primality testing.
topic Fibonacci and Lucas sequences
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url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319516617300646
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