Decagonal number

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 80.56.55.61 (talk) at 21:21, 3 November 2004 (linkfix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A decagonal number is a figurate number that represents a decagon. The decagonal number for n is given by the formula 4n2 - 3n, with n > 0. The first few decagonal numbers are

1, 10, 27, 52, 85, 126, 175, 232, 297, 370, 451, 540, 637, 742, 855, 976, 1105, 1242, 1387, 1540, 1701, 1870, 2047, 2232, 2425, 2626, 2835, 3052, 3277, 3510, 3751, 4000, 4257, 4522, 4795, 5076, 5365, 5662, 5967, 6280, 6601, 6930, 7267, 7612, 7965, 8326, 8695, 9072, 9457, 9850

The decagonal number for n can also be calculated by adding the square of n to thrice the nth heteromecic number, or to put it algebraically, .

Decagonal numbers consistently alternate parity.