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Debreceni Egyetem, Matematika Intézet, Publicationes Mathematicae Debrecen, 3-4(85), p. 285-295, 2014

DOI: 10.5486/pmd.2014.5817

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On monotonicity of some combinatorial sequences

Journal article published in 2012 by Qing-Hu Hou, Zhi-Wei Sun, Haomin Wen
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Abstract

We confirm Sun's conjecture that $(\root{n+1}\of{F_{n+1}}/\root{n}\of{F_n})_{n\ge 4}$ is strictly decreasing to the limit 1, where $(F_n)_{n\ge0}$ is the Fibonacci sequence. We also prove that the sequence $(\root{n+1}\of{D_{n+1}}/\root{n}\of{D_n})_{n\ge3}$ is strictly decreasing with limit $1$, where $D_n$ is the $n$-th derangement number. For $m$-th order harmonic numbers $H_n^{(m)}=∑_{k=1}^n 1/k^m\ (n=1,2,3,…)$, we show that $(\root{n+1}\of{H^{(m)}_{n+1}}/\root{n}\of{H^{(m)}_n})_{n\ge3}$ is strictly increasing. ; Comment: 10 pages