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A067151
Number of regions in regular n-gon which are quadrilaterals (4-gons) when all its diagonals are drawn.
12
0, 0, 6, 7, 24, 36, 90, 132, 168, 234, 378, 600, 672, 901, 954, 1444, 1580, 2520, 2860, 2990, 3696, 4800, 5070, 6750, 7644, 9309, 7920, 12927, 12896, 15576, 16898, 20475, 18684, 25382, 27246, 30966, 32760, 37064, 37170, 45838, 47300, 55350, 60996, 69231, 66864, 80507, 87550, 98124, 103272
OFFSET
4,3
REFERENCES
B. Poonen and M. Rubinstein, Number of Intersection Points Made by the Diagonals of a Regular Polygon, SIAM J. Discrete Mathematics, Vol. 11, pp. 135-156.
LINKS
B. Poonen and M. Rubinstein, The number of intersection points made by the diagonals of a regular polygon, arXiv:math/9508209 [math.MG], 1995-2006, which has fewer typos than the SIAM version.
B. Poonen and M. Rubinstein, Mathematica programs for these sequences
FORMULA
Conjecture: a(n) ~ c * n^4. Is c = 1/64 ? - Bill McEachen, Mar 03 2024
EXAMPLE
a(6)=6 because the 6 regions around the center are quadrilaterals.
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Sascha Kurz, Jan 06 2002
EXTENSIONS
Title clarified, a(47) and above by Scott R. Shannon, Dec 04 2021
STATUS
approved