The Gelin-Ces\`aro identity in some third-order Jacobsthal sequences

Abstract

In this paper, we deal with two families of third-order Jacobsthal sequences. The first family consists of generalizations of the Jacobsthal sequence. We show that the Gelin-Ces\`aro identity is satisfied. Also, we define a family of generalized third-order Jacobsthal sequences $\{\mathbb{J}_{n}^{(3)}\}_{n\geq 0}$ by the recurrence relation $$\mathbb{J}_{n+3}^{(3)}=\mathbb{J}_{n+2}^{(3)}+\mathbb{J}_{n+1}^{(3)}+2\mathbb{J}_{n}^{(3)},\ n\geq0,$$ with initials conditions $\mathbb{J}_{0}^{(3)}=a$, $\mathbb{J}_{1}^{(3)}=b$ and $\mathbb{J}_{2}^{(3)}=c$, where $a$, $b$ and $c$ are non-zero real numbers. Many sequences in the literature are special cases of this sequence. We find the generating function and Binet's formula of the sequence. Then we show that the Cassini and Gelin-Ces\`aro identities are satisfied by the indices of this generalized sequence.