On Cloitre’s hiccup sequences

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Robbert Fokkink (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Gandhar Joshi (The Open University)

Research Group
Applied Probability
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-025-01305-1 Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Applied Probability
Journal title
Ramanujan Journal
Issue number
2
Volume number
69
Article number
40
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Abstract

In 2003, Benoit Cloitre entered a family of sequences in the OEIS that we call hiccup sequences. We collect the various claims, observations, and proofs of properties of these sequences that have been entered in the OEIS over the years, and present a unified approach, inspired by a remarkable theorem of Bosma, Dekking, and Steiner.