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Fibonacci Determinants — A Combinatorial Approach
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  • Arthur T. Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College
  • Naiomi T. Cameron, Occidental College
  • Jennifer J. Quinn, Association for Women in Mathematics
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Publication Date
11-29-2005
Abstract

In this paper, we provide combinatorial interpretations for some determinantal identities involving Fibonacci numbers. We use the method due to Lindström-Gessel-Viennot in which we count nonintersecting n-routes in carefully chosen digraphs in order to gain insight into the nature of some well-known determinantal identities while allowing room to generalize and discover new ones.

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A. Benjamin, N. Cameron, J. Quinn, Fibonacci Determinants--A Combinatorial Approach, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 1, 39-55, Feb. 2007