报告题目:From Fibonacci Numbers to Central Limit Type Theorems
报 告 人: Yinghui Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
时 间:1月12日(星期三)10:00—11:00
地 点:数学楼102报告厅
摘 要:A beautiful theorem of Zeckendorf states that every integer can be
written uniquely as a sum of non-consecutive Fibonacci numbers
. Lekkerkerker proved that the average number
of summands for integers in is ,
with the golden mean. We prove the following massive
generalization: given nonnegative integers with
and recursive sequence with
,
and ,
every positive integer can be written uniquely as under
natural constraints on the 's, the mean and the variance of the
numbers of summands for integers in are of size
, and the distribution of the numbers of summands converges to a
Gaussian as goes to the infinity. Previous approaches were number
theoretic, involving continued fractions, and were limited to results
on existence and, in some cases, the mean. By recasting as a
combinatorial problem and using generating functions and
differentiating identities, we surmount the limitations inherent in
the previous approaches.
Our method generalizes to a multitude of other problems. For example,
every integer can be written uniquely as a sum of the 's,
such that every two terms of the same (opposite) sign differ in index
by at least 4 (3). We prove similar results as above; for instance,
the distribution of the numbers of positive and negative summands
converges to a bivariate normal with computable, negative correlation,
namely .