Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 29 (2026), Article 26.4.2

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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