OFFSET
3,1
COMMENTS
"In general position" implies that the internal lines (or chords) formed from the n*k edge points only have simple intersections; there is no interior points where three or more such chords meet. Note that for even-n n-gons, with n>=6, the chords from the n corner points do create non-simple intersections.
FORMULA
Conjectures:
T(3,k) = A367119(k) = (9/2)*k^4 + 6*k^3 + (9/2)*k^2 + 6*k + 3.
T(4,k) = A367122(k) = 17*k^4 + 38*k^3 + 37*k^2 + 24*k + 8.
T(5,k) = 45*k^4 + 120*k^3 + 130*k^2 + 75*k + 20.
T(6,k) = (195/2)*k^4 + 285*k^3 + (657/2)*k^2 + 186*k + 42.
T(7,k) = (371/2)*k^4 + 574*k^3 + (1379/2)*k^2 + 392*k + 91.
T(8,k) = 322*k^4 + 1036*k^3 + 1282*k^2 + 736*k + 136.
T(9,k) = 522*k^4 + 1728*k^3 + 2187*k^2 + 1269*k + 288.
T(10,k) = (1605/2)*k^4 + 2715*k^3 + (6995/2)*k^2 + 2050*k + 390.
EXAMPLE
The table begins:
3, 24, 153, 588, 1635, 3708, 7329, 13128, 21843, 34320, 51513, 74484, 104403,...
8, 124, 780, 2816, 7480, 16428, 31724, 55840, 91656, 142460, 211948, 304224,...
20, 390, 2370, 8300, 21600, 46770, 89390, 156120, 254700, 393950, 583770,...
42, 939, 5568, 19149, 49242, 105747, 200904, 349293, 567834, 875787, 1294752,...
91, 1932, 11193, 37996, 96915, 206976, 391657, 678888, 1101051, 1694980,...
136, 3512, 20176, 67936, 172328, 366616, 691792, 1196576, 1937416, 2978488,...
288, 5994, 33750, 112716, 284580, 603558, 1136394, 1962360, 3173256, 4873410,...
390, 9455, 53040, 176325, 443750, 939015, 1765080, 3044165, 4917750, 7546575,...
715, 14432, 79761, 263692, 661595, 1397220, 2622697, 4518536, 7293627,...
756, 20712, 115008, 379476, 950340, 2004216, 3758112, 6469428, 10435956,...
1508, 29614, 161538, 530348, 1324960, 2790138, 5226494, 8990488, 14494428,...
1722, 40243, 220024, 721245, 1799434, 3785467, 7085568, 12181309, 19629610,...
2835, 54420, 293985, 960300, 2391675, 5025960, 9400545, 16152360, 26017875,...
3088, 70800, 383904, 1252960, 3117648, 6546768, 12238240, 21019104,...
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CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
Scott R. Shannon and N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 09 2023
STATUS
approved