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Centered Polygonal Number

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A Figurate Number in which layers of Polygons are drawn centered about a point instead of with the point at a Vertex.

See also Centered Pentagonal Number, Centered Square Number, Centered Triangular Number


References

Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A001844/M3826 in ``An On-Line Version of the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.'' http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html and extended entry in Sloane, N. J. A. and Plouffe, S. The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26