Centered polyhedral number
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The centered polyhedral numbers are a class of figurate numbers, each formed by a central dot, surrounded by polyhedral layers with a constant number of edges. The length of the edges increases by one in each additional layer.
Examples
- Centered tetrahedral numbers
- Centered cube numbers
- Centered octahedral numbers
- Centered dodecahedral numbers
- Centered icosahedral numbers
- Stella octangula numbers
References
- Deza, Elena; Deza, Michel (2012). Figurate Numbers. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-981-4355-48-3.