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A023172 Numbers n such that n divides Fibonacci(n). 22
1, 5, 12, 24, 25, 36, 48, 60, 72, 96, 108, 120, 125, 144, 168, 180, 192, 216, 240, 288, 300, 324, 336, 360, 384, 432, 480, 504, 540, 552, 576, 600, 612, 625, 648, 660, 672, 684, 720, 768, 840, 864, 900, 960, 972, 1008, 1080, 1104, 1152, 1176, 1200, 1224, 1296, 1320 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Sequence contains all powers of 5, infinitely many multiples of 12 and other numbers (including some factors of Fib(5^k), e.g. 75025).

If m is in this sequence then 5*m is (since 5*m divides 5*F(m) which in turn divides F(5*m)). Also, if m is in this sequence then F(m) is in this sequence (since if gcd(F(m),m)=m then gcd(F(F(m)),F(m)) = F(gcd(F(m),m)) = F(m)). [From Max Alekseyev (maxale(AT)gmail.com), Sep 20 2009]

Comment from Max Alekseyev, Nov 29 2010: (Start)

Every term greater than 1 is a multiple of 5 or 12.

Proof. Let n>1 divide Fibonacci number F(n) and let p be the smallest prime divisor of n.

If p=2, then 3|n implying further that 4|n. Hence, 12|n.

If p=5, then 5|n.

If p is different from 2 and 5, then p divides either F(p+1) or F(p-1)

and thus p divides either F(gcd(n,p+1)) or F(gcd(n,p-1)). Minimality

of p implies that gcd(n,p-1)=1 and gcd(n,p+1)=1 (notice that p+1 being

prime implies p=2 which is not the case). Therefore, p divides F(1)=1,

a contradiction to the existence of such p. (End)

REFERENCES

S. Wolfram, "A new kind of science", p. 891

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..500

F. Lengyel, Divisibility Properties by Multisection

MATHEMATICA

a=0; b=1; c=1; Do[a=b; b=c; c=a+b; If[Mod[c, n]==0, Print[n]], {n, 3, 1500}]

Select[Range[1350], Mod[Fibonacci[ # ], # ]==0&] (from Harvey Dale)

PROG

(Haskell)

import Data.List (elemIndices)

a023172 n = a023172_list !! (n-1)

a023172_list =

   map (+ 1) $ elemIndices 0 $ zipWith mod (tail a000045_list) [1..]

-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 13 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000350. See A127787 for an essentially identical sequence.

Cf. A000045, A069104, A123976, A159051.

Sequence in context: A000327 A130624 A066869 * A100479 A018806 A191831

Adjacent sequences:  A023169 A023170 A023171 * A023173 A023174 A023175

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT)comcast.net)

EXTENSIONS

Edited by Don Reble (djr(AT)nk.ca), Sep 07 2003

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