A Linear Representation for Constant Term Sequences mod pa with Applications to Uniform Recurrence
Nadav Kohen
Department of Mathematics
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
USA
Abstract:
Many integer sequences including the Catalan numbers, Motzkin numbers,
and the Apéry numbers can be expressed as the constant term of
PnQ.
for Laurent polynomials P and
Q. These are often called constant
term sequences. In this paper, we characterize the prime powers for
which sequences of this form modulo pa,
and others built from these
sequences, are uniformly recurrent. For all other prime powers, we show
that the frequency of 0 is 1. We accomplish this by introducing a
novel linear representation of constant term sequences modulo pa,
which is of independent interest.
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(Concerned with sequences
A000108
A000984
A001006
A002426
A005259
A113305.)
Received May 1 2025; revised version received June 14 2026.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences,
June 30 2026.
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