Fibonacci entry point Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
For an integer , the Fibonacci entry point is the smallest positive index with . It records the first zero residue, whereas the Pisano period records the first return of the whole consecutive pair to .
For , the first positive divisible term is , so ; the pair period is eight. Existence follows because the pair update is an invertible permutation of a finite set of residue pairs, so its orbit returns to . By Fibonacci gcd reduction, holds precisely when .
Write . For , the recurrence and the previously proved greatest common divisor invariance give
Repeating reaches . This also gives the case directly. Applying the same invariance once more,
Thus both requested greatest common divisors equal one for every . This is the adjacent-index instance of Fibonacci gcd reduction, derived directly rather than assuming the stronger general formula.
The Euclidean algorithm and the Fibonacci number recurrence give
Iterating reaches , so consecutive Fibonacci numbers are coprime.
Prove the Fibonacci addition formula by mathematical induction on , asserting it simultaneously for every . At , . Suppose the formula holds at . Apply it with in place of and use the recurrence:
Thus
For , prove by induction on . The case is immediate. For , put in the addition formula. Its first term is divisible by by the induction hypothesis, and its second term has an explicit factor . Therefore
When , put . Reducing the addition formula modulo gives . Since is coprime to , multiplication by it leaves the greatest common divisor with unchanged: any divisor of dividing the product divides , by the Bezout identity or the Euclid lemma. This proves the Fibonacci gcd reduction
At both sides equal , since . The case is also immediate from ; the divisibility statement at reads , valid under the usual definition iff for an integer .