Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,
im experiencing a really strange thing:
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#!/bin/bash

chkcount=0
chkcountmax=3

while ((chkcount < chkcountmax))
do
echo "chkcount=$chkount"
echo "chkcountmax=$chkountmax"
((chkcount++))
done
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this results in and endlessloop...

if if replace chkcount with count, it works...

is there something special about the chkcount variable?
i got an RHEL 5.2 running, maybe that is the issue?

thanks

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Code:

#!/bin/bash

chkcount=0
chkcountmax=3

while (( $chkcount < $chkcountmax))
do
        echo "chkcount=$chkcount"
        echo "chkcountmax=$chkcountmax"
        ((chkcount++))
done