
doi: 10.37236/758
We provide elementary combinatorial proofs of several Fibonacci and Lucas number identities left open in the book Proofs That Really Count [1], and generalize these to Gibonacci sequences $G_n$ that satisfy the Fibonacci recurrence, but with arbitrary real initial conditions. We offer several new identities as well. Among these, we prove $\sum_{k\geq 0}{n \choose k}G_{2k} = 5^n G_{2n}$ and $\sum_{k\geq 0}{n \choose k}G_{qk}(F_{q-2})^{n-k} = (F_q)^n G_{2n}$.
Fibonacci sequences, Gibonacci sequences, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations, Lucas number identities, Fibonacci number identities, Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics
Fibonacci sequences, Gibonacci sequences, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations, Lucas number identities, Fibonacci number identities, Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics
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