login
The OEIS is supported by the many generous donors to the OEIS Foundation.

 


a(n) = the least integer that is centered polygonal in exactly n ways.
1

%I #22 Jul 10 2020 14:10:16

%S 4,7,37,31,91,181,211,421,631,1891,1261,2521,6931,18481,20791,13861,

%T 27721,41581,83161,138601,245701,235621,180181,556921,360361,540541,

%U 1670761,1081081,1413721,2702701,2162161,6486481,3063061,8288281,13430341,6846841,10270261,6126121

%N a(n) = the least integer that is centered polygonal in exactly n ways.

%C a(n) has exactly n representations as a centered r-gonal number P(r,m) = 1 + r*m*(m+1)/2, with m > 1, r > 0.

%C a(n) appears n+1 times in A101321, due to the second column containing every positive integer.

%C a(n)-1 is the first appearance of n+1 in A007862.

%H Lars Blomberg, <a href="/A279830/b279830.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..143</a>

%e a(4)=31, because 31 is a centered triangular number (A005448), a centered pentagonal number (A005891), a centered decagonal number (A062786), and a central polygonal number (A002061). No number less than 31 has 4 representations.

%t f[n_] := Length@Select[Divisors[2 n - 2], IntegerQ@Sqrt[1 + 4 #] &] - 1;

%t Do[If[IntegerQ[A279830[f[i]]], , A279830[f[i]] = i], {i, 10000}];

%t A279830 /@ Range[13]

%t (* _Davin Park_, Dec 28 2016 *)

%Y Cf. A007862 (see alternative definition: the number of ways to represent n+1 as a centered polygonal number).

%Y Cf. A063778 (the equivalent for polygonal numbers).

%Y Subset of A275340 (the list of nontrivial centered polygonal numbers).

%Y Subset of A101321 (centered polygonal numbers read by antidiagonals).

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _Daniel Sterman_, Dec 20 2016

%E Corrected and extended by _Davin Park_, Dec 27 2016

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Style Sheet | Transforms | Superseeker | Recents
The OEIS Community | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

License Agreements, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy. .

Last modified September 24 10:20 EDT 2024. Contains 376196 sequences. (Running on oeis4.)