Honors College Theses

Publication Date

2024

Major

Mathematics (M.S.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Sungkon Chang

Abstract

Zeckendorf's Theorem states that every natural number can be expressed uniquely as the sum of distinct non-consecutive terms of the shifted Fibonacci sequence (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 5, ...). This theorem has motivated the study of representation of integers by the sum of non-adjacent terms of Nth order Fibonacci sequences, including the characterization of the uniqueness of Zeckendorf representation based on the initial terms of the sequence. Moreover, when this uniqueness property is satisfied for third order Fibonacci sequences, the ratio of integers less than a given number X that have a Zeckendorf representation has been estimated by Dr. Sungkon Chang. This thesis focuses on similar results for third order Fibonacci sequences where the uniqueness clause is not satisfied.

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