hexagonal number
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[edit]hexagonal number (plural hexagonal numbers)
- (mathematics) The number of dots in a figure made up of partially overlapping dotted regular hexagons (6k dots arranged into a regular hexagon) of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n which grow out of a common vertex (and two shared or partially shared sides); a.k.a. “cornered hexagonal number”; where denotes the nth triangular number.
- Hypernym: triangular number
- Hyponym: even perfect number
- (mathematics) The number of dots in a figure made up of regular dotted hexagons (of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n) arranged concentrically around an extra dot at their common center; a.k.a. “centered hexagonal number”; .
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