I. INTRODUCTION
In this research we will address two second-order linear recursive sequences, they are: Pell and Jacobsthal. The Pell sequence came from the English mathematician John Pell (1611 - 1685), known for being one of the most enigmatic mathematicians of the century XVII. The Jacobsthal sequence is named after the mathematician Ernest Erich Jacobsthal (1882-1965), specialist in Number Theory.
These sequences have similarity in their recurrence, the Pell sequence is defined by:
being its initial conditions.
As for the Jacobsthal sequence, it is presented by the recurrence:
being its initial conditions.
On the other hand, we have the quaternions numbers, it is believed that the quaternions arose in an attempt to transform the complex number in three dimensions [1]. Quaternions are presented as formal sums of scalars with usual vectors of three-dimensional space, existing four dimensions and is described by: , where , , and are real numbers and , , the orthogonal part at the base . In the work of [3] the authors present the quaternionic product as , , and .
On the other hand, there are the hybrid numbers, presented initially by [4], which he studied and lists three sets of numbers, they are: the complex, hyperbolic and dual. A hybrid number is defined as:
The hybridization of linear sequences consists of relating the hybrid numbers with linear sequences, researches around this hybridization are found in the mathematical literature, as we can find in [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. Regarding the study on quaternions, we find work on the Padovan and Perrin quaternions in [5], Pell-Padovan in [6] and Fibonacci and Fibonacci Complexes in [2, 7, 8, 9].
Finally, in this research, we take as a basis the works of [17, 18] to present, in the following sections, the hybrid quaternions of Pell and Jacobsthal.
II. PELL HYBRID QUATERNIONS NUMBERS
In this section, we will present Pell's hybrid quaternions based on the work of [17, 18].
Definition 2.1. Pell's hybrid number, denoted by , is defined by:
Definition 2.2. The Recurrence Relationship for Pell's Hybrids, , is defined by:
with and its initial terms.
Definition 2.3. Pell's quaternion number, denoted by , it is given by:
Definition 2.4. The recurrence relation for Pell's quaternions, , is defined by:
with and its initial terms.
Now, from what was seen above, we will approach Pell's hybrid quaternions.
Definition 2.5. Pell's hybrid quaternion number is defined as:
where , , are the units of the quaternions and it's the -th Pell hybrid number. Thus, Pell's hybrid quaternions can be rewritten by:
where and are the imaginary units of the hybrid numbers and .
Definition 2.6. The recurrence relationship for Pell's hybrid quaternions, , is defined by:
with the following initial terms: and .
And yet, extending these non-positive integer indices, we have:
Definition 2.7. The recurrence relation for the hybrid quaternions of non-positive Pell indices, , is defined by:
Theorem 2.1. Pell's hybrid quaternion, , satisfies the following recurrence:
Proof.
According to the recurrence relationship, , one can present its characteristic equation, defined by where is a quadratic equation having two real roots and .
Definition 2.8. Pell's hybrid quaternion conjugate can be defined in three different types for :
- ;
- Hybrid conjugate,
- Total conjugate,
Theorem 2.2. The generating function of Pell's hybrid quaternions, denoted by , with , is presented by:
Proof. To define the generating function of Pell's hybrid quaternions we will write a sequence in which each term of the sequence corresponds to the coefficients.
Making algebraic manipulations due to the recurrence relation we can write this sequence as:
Adding each member, we have:
Theorem 2.3. For , we have that the Binet formula for the Pell's hybrid quaternion is given by:
where and are the real roots of the characteristic equation.
Proof. The Binet formula can be represented as follows:
For , there is: a, for , we have . Thus, we have the following linear system:
Solving the linear system, we have that the coefficients found were: and .
Making the appropriate substitutions in the Binet formula, we have:
III. JACOBSTHAL HYBRID QUATERNIONS NUMBERS
Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternion numbers are defined from below.
Definition 3.1. Jacobsthal's hybrid number, denoted by , is defined by:
Definition 3.2. The Recurrence Relationship for Jacobsthal's hybrid, , is defined by:
with and its initial terms.
Definition 3.3. Jacobsthal's quaternion number, denoted by , it is given by:
Definition 3.4. The recurrence relation for Jacobsthal's quaternions, , is defined by:
with and its initial terms.
Now, from what was seen above, we will approach Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternions.
Definition 3.5. Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternion number is defined as:
where are the units of the quaternions and it's the -th Jacobsthal hybrid number. Thus, Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternions can be rewritten by:
where and are the imaginary units of the hybrid numbers and .
Definition 3.6. The recurrence relationship for Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternions, , is defined by:
with the following initial terms: and .
And yet, extending these non-positive integer indices, we have:
Definition 3.7. The recurrence relation for the hybrid quaternions of non-positive Jacobsthal indices, , is defined by:
Theorem 3.1. Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternion, , satisfies the following recurrence:
According to the recurrence relationship, , one can present its characteristic equation, defined by where is a quadratic equation having two real roots and .
Definition 3.8. Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternion conjugate can be defined in three different types for :
- conjugate, : ;
- Hybrid conjugate,
- Total conjugate,
Theorem 3.2. The generating function of Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternions, denoted by , with , is presented by:
Proof. To define the generating function of Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternions we will write a sequence in which each term of the sequence corresponds to the coefficients.
Making algebraic manipulations due to the recurrence relation we can write this sequence as:
Adding each member, we have:
Theorem 3.3. For , we have that the Binet formula for the Jacobsthal's hybrid quaternion is given by:
where and are the real roots of the characteristic equation.
Proof. The Binet formula can be represented as follows:
For , there is: a, for , we have .
Thus, we have the following linear system:
Solving the linear system, we have that the coefficients found were:
Making the appropriate substitutions in the Binet formula, we have:
IV. CONCLUSION
This research was carried out around the numbers of Pell and Jacobsthal, which was made an investigation into the process of complexification and hybridization of these numbers, this research was based on the works of Dagdeviren and Kürüz (2020) and Mangueira, Alves and Catarino (2022). From the definition of the hybrid quaternions of Pell and Jacobsthal, it was possible to present their characteristic equations that have two real roots, their generating function and Binet's formula. Thus, it is expected that this research has contributed with important theorems for the studies of Pell and Jacobsthal sequences.
For future work, we can explore more properties around the Pell and Jacobsthal hybrid quaternions, as well as carry out investigation into the hybridization and complexification process in other numerical sequences.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Part of the development of research in Brazil had the financial support of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
The research development part in Portugal is financed by National Funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology.
I. P (FCT), under the project UID/CED/ CED/00194/2020.
Resumo. Sabendo que as sequências de Pell e Jacobsthal são sequências lineares recursivas de segunda ordem e que aparecem similariadas entre elas, neste estudo, tem-se o intuito de explorar estas sequências. Assim, está realizado uma investigação sobre os números de Pell e Jacobsthal com base nos números híbridos e os seu quaternions. Dessa forma, está realizado uma junção entre eles temas e estápresentado os quaternions híbridos de Pell e Jacobstahl, abordando sua equação caractéristica, formula de Binet, número geradora e sua extensão para indices negativos.
Palavras-chave. Sequência de Pell, sequência de Jacobsthal, quaténions hibridos de Pell e Jacobsthal, números hibridos.