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MODULAR TRIBONACCI NUMBERS BY MATRIX METHOD

  • Choi, Eunmi (Department of Mathematics, Hannam University)
  • Received : 2013.05.06
  • Accepted : 2013.08.13
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

In this work we study the tribonacci numbers. We find a tribonacci triangle which is an analog of Pascal triangle. We also investigate an efficient method to compute any $n$th tribonacci numbers by matrix method, and find periods of the sequence by taking modular tribonacci number.

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