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Some Sums Related to Sums of Oresme Numbers

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In [1] A. F. Horadam presented a history of number attributed to Nicole Oresme, namely the sequence

$$ \{ {O_n}\} = \{ \frac{n}{{{2^n}}}\} = \{ \frac{1}{2},\frac{2}{4},\frac{3}{8}, \ldots ,\frac{n}{{{2^n}}}, \ldots \} $$
((1.1))

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  1. Horadam, A.F. “Oresme Numbers.” The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 12.3 (1974): pp. 267–271.

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  2. Bicknell-Johnson, M. “A Primer on the Pell Sequence and Related Sequences.” The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 13.4 (1975): pp. 345–349.

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Cook, C.K. (2004). Some Sums Related to Sums of Oresme Numbers. In: Howard, F.T. (eds) Applications of Fibonacci Numbers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-48517-6_10

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