def van_eck():
    n, seen, val = 0, {}, 0
    while True:
        yield val
        last = {val: n}
        val = n - seen.get(val, n)
        seen.update(last)
        n += 1
#%%
if __name__ == '__main__':
    print("Van Eck: first 10 terms:  ", list(islice(van_eck(), 10)))
    print("Van Eck: terms 991 - 1000:", list(islice(van_eck(), 1000))[-10:])