MA-410 Homework 1

Due at 10:15am in class, Monday, February 9, 2009


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  1. Prove by induction that for the Fibonacci number f_n, f_0 = f_1 = 1, f_{n+2} = f_{n+1} + f_n for all n ≥ 2 one has

    f_n ≤ (1 + sqrt(5))/2)^n for all n ≥ 0

  2. ENT, §1.2, Problem 10, page 12.
  3. ENT, §2.2, Problem 14, page 25.
  4. ENT, §2.3, Problem 2(d), page 31. Please compute the Bezout coefficients by the extended Euclidean algorithm presented in class, not the back-substitution given in the book.
  5. Prove for the extended Euclidean algorithm described in class: sk tk+1 - sk+1 tk = (-1)k+1 for all -1 ≤ k ≤ n